Baseball Game Preview: Uvalde Coyotes/Lobos (for girls) vs. Floresville Tigers

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2024, 4:30am

Preview: Uvalde Coyotes/Lobos (for girls) vs. Floresville Tigers

The Uvalde Coyotes/Lobos (for girls) will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Floresville Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Uvalde has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with ten, while Floresville will come in with five straight wins.

On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Uvalde had to settle for an 8-7 loss against Pearsall.

Sienna Mirelez was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and seven unearned) runs off nine hits. Mirelez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Mirelez wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sophia Longoria, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.

Meanwhile, Floresville was able to grind out a solid victory over Pearsall on Friday, taking the game 5-1. Five seems to be a good number for Floresville as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Jolyn Perez was excellent, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Ileana Hernandez, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.

Uvalde's defeat dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Floresville, their victory bumped their record up to 11-7-1.

Uvalde might still be hurting after the 10-1 loss they got from Floresville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Uvalde avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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