Baseball Preview: Mathis Pirates vs. George West Longhorns
The Mathis Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the George West Longhorns at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Mathis fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Taft on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Greyhounds.
Jagger Veliz was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, George West unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 8-2 walloping at the hands of Odem. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, George West couldn't push the score so high this time.
George West saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Conner Rhodes, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Mathis' loss dropped their record down to 13-8. As for George West, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-19-1.
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