Baseball Game Preview: Malakoff Tigers vs. Grand Saline Indians

For the second straight game, Malakoff will face off against Grand Saline. The Tigers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Indians at 7:00 p.m. Malakoff is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.

Malakoff is returning to their home field after beating Grand Saline on theirs, despite the fact Grand Saline has dominated at home this season. The Tigers walked away with a 5-1 win over the Indians on Tuesday.

Jaxson Jedlicka

Batters Struck Out

04/15/25 @ Grand Saline	7
04/08/25 vs Mineola	10
04/01/25 vs Eustace	5
03/25/25 @ Winona	8

Malakoff got a great performance from Jaxson Jedlicka as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Jedlicka has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Malakoff saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mike Jones, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Malakoff is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 13-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Grand Saline, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-9.