Piedmont is 1-7 against Bishop O'Dowd since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Piedmont Highlanders will look to defend their home field against the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons at 4:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Piedmont will head into Saturday's match ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Friday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Saturday was a bit more commanding. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 8-1 walloping at the hands of Oakland Tech. Piedmont has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Piedmont got a good showing from William Ferreira, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Piedmont saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Parker, who went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Bishop O'Dowd might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-2 to Berkeley, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Enrique Sotelo was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Piedmont's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-4. As for Bishop O'Dowd, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-7-1.
Piedmont came up short against Bishop O'Dowd when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 5-0. Thankfully for Piedmont, Matt Orozco (who didn't allow a single earned run over seven 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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