The Amarillo Sandies will square off against the Lubbock-Cooper Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Amarillo 3, Lubbock-Cooper 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Amarillo is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Frenship just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 5-1 to the Tigers. The Sandies were red-hot at the plate heading into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior), but the Tigers' pitchers proved too tough.
Meanwhile, Lubbock-Cooper entered their tilt with Monterey on Thursday with seven consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with eight. They never let the Plainsmen get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. Considering the Pirates have won 15 games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Lubbock-Cooper's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-10. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Amarillo, their loss dropped their record down to 20-8-1.
Everything went Amarillo's way against Lubbock-Cooper in their previous matchup back in May of 2021, as Amarillo made off with a 7-1 win. Do the Sandies have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Pirates turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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