The Pleasant Hope Pirates will head out on the road to take on the Lockwood Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant Hope will be strutting in after a victory while Lockwood will be coming in after a loss.
If Pleasant Hope beats Lockwood with seven runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Pleasant Hope narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Sarcoxie 7-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pleasant Hope.
Meanwhile, Lockwood suffered a rough 10-4 defeat at the hands of Marionville on Tuesday. Lockwood has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Nikolaus Thieman made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Pleasant Hope's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Lockwood, their loss dropped their record down to 10-4.
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