The Gilbert Tigers are on the road again on Monday to play the Queen Creek Bulldogs at 3:45 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Gilbert: 3.6, Queen Creek: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Thursday, Gilbert never let their opponents score. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over Alhambra.
Tanner Leyba spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Gilbert's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Johnson Drew, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Queen Creek came tearing into Thursday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They won by a run and slipped past the Thunder 3-2.
Gilbert is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Queen Creek, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-6.
Gilbert suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Queen Creek in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Gilbert, Nate Gray (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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