Preview: Mineral Wells Rams vs. Stephenville Yellow Jackets/Honeybees
The Mineral Wells Rams will head out on the road to face off against the Stephenville Yellow Jackets/Honeybees at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Mineral Wells had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Graham. Mineral Wells has not had much luck with Graham recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Braeden Wells was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up four earned runs off five hits. Wells was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Wells wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Adrian Holifield, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, while Stephenville put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Glen Rose. Stephenville had just enough and edged Glen Rose out 2-0.
Mineral Wells' defeat dropped their record down to 4-9-1. As for Stephenville, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6-1 record this season.
Mineral Wells suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Stephenville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Mineral Wells avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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