The Pleasant Hope Pirates will venture away from home to square off against the Spokane Owls at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Pleasant Hope is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Conway just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 8-1 to the Bears.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Spokane). They put the hurt on Crane with a sharp 16-0 win on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Spokane let Logan Rollings and Wyatt Sportsman run wild. Rollings went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI, while Sportsman went 2-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and two doubles. Spokane is 3-1 when Rollings posts two or more stolen bases, but 6-11 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Tristan Gold, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and three RBI.
Spokane always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. The last time their OBP was this high was was before the start of last season.
The win made it two in a row for Spokane and bumps their season record up to 9-12. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 1 runs in those games. As for Pleasant Hope, they now have a losing record of 8-9.
Pleasant Hope couldn't quite finish off Spokane when the teams last played back in May of 2025 and fell 12-10. Can the Pirates avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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