Baseball Preview: Aransas Pass Panthers vs. George West Longhorns
Aransas Pass is 0-10 against George West since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Aransas Pass Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the George West Longhorns at 7:30 p.m.
Aransas Pass was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 15th straight defeat. They fell victim to a tough 10-0 loss at the hands of Odem. The defeat was just more heartbreak for Aransas Pass who fell 10-8 when the teams previously met back in April of 2023.
Aransas Pass saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jerry Longoria, who went 2-for-2 with two stolen bases. Longoria has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, George West entered their tilt with Mathis with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Pirates out 12-11. That's two games straight that George West has won by just one run.
Gavin Garza and Trevor Poe made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Garza pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Meanwhile, Poe struck out six batters over two innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits (and only one walk). At the plate, Garza went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI, while Poe scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, George West got a big performance out of Conner Rhodes, who went 4-for-5 with two runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Caiden Salinas, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Aransas Pass' loss dropped their record down to 1-18. As for George West, the win got them back to even at 18-18-1.
Aransas Pass suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to George West in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Poe, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Now that Aransas Pass knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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