Baseball Game Preview: Arlington Heights Yellowjackets vs. Cleburne Yellowjackets

For the second straight game, Arlington Heights will face off against Cleburne. Arlington Heights will host Cleburne at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Arlington Heights will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.

Arlington Heights is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Cleburne get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory. Arlington Heights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matches by six runs or more this season.

Mitchell Carpenter

Batters Struck Out

05/01/25 @ Cleburne	6
04/25/25 vs Grapevine	5
04/15/25 @ Trimble Tech	8
04/08/25 vs South Hills	6
04/01/25 vs Polytechnic	8
03/28/25 vs Paschal	7

Not much got past Mitchell Carpenter, who gave up just a hit and racked up six Ks to keep Cleburne off the board. Carpenter has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Bryson Tenorio, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two doubles, one stolen base, and one run. Another player making a difference was Caleb Eagar, who went 1-for-4 with one triple and two RBI.

Arlington Heights has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 21 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-9-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.1 runs over those games. As for Cleburne, their loss dropped their record down to 22-9.