The Casteel Colts will challenge the O'Connor Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Casteel 3.9, O'Connor 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Casteel is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Kofa, who was ranked 20th at the time (Casteel was ranked second). The Colts blew past the Kings 12-6 on Saturday. The Colts might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 16 contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, O'Connor's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They took an 11-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hamilton. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Eagles, who until this matchup were averaging 3.64 runs allowed.
Chase Waterbury made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikey Gyde, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run.
Casteel has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for O'Connor, their loss dropped their record down to 24-9.
Casteel came up short against O'Connor when the teams last played on Tuesday, falling 3-0. Can the Colts avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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