The Granbury Pirates will head out on the road to take on the Arlington Colts at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Granbury's hitters haven't had much luck over their past three games, but Monday's contest will give them a chance to turn things around.
Granbury is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest defeat since March 22, 2024 last Thursday. They lost 7-1 to Aledo.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Arlington and South Grand Prairie meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Saturday. The Colts won by a run and slipped past the Warriors 7-6.
Danny Bustamante was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one walk in eight consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March.
In other batting news, Gannon Howard and Matthew Nguyen did most of the damage at the plate: Howard went 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one double, while Nguyen went 1-for-4 with one home run and two runs. Those two runs gave Nguyen a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Abraham Alvarado, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI and one double.
Arlington has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Granbury, their loss dropped their record down to 16-7.
Granbury took their win against Arlington in their previous meeting back in March of 2021 by a conclusive 7-1 score. Do the Pirates have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Colts turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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