The Winfield Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Phillips Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Winfield has seven straight wins, Phillips has 31 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Winfield barely beat Carbon Hill the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Pirates never let the Bulldogs get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Thursday. Considering the Pirates have won six games by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Phillips' offense. They came up short against Hackleburg on Tuesday, falling 21-0.
Winfield's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.6 runs over those games. As for Phillips, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-13.
Winfield took their win against Phillips when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 17-0 score. Do the Pirates have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bears turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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