Baseball Preview: Rockdale Tigers vs. Malakoff Tigers
The Rockdale Tigers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Malakoff Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Rockdale will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Rockdale is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Groesbeck 13-4.
Mason Lillard tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 6.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Daniel Castillo and Mason Willard did most of the damage at the plate: Castillo scored four runs while going 2-for-4, while Willard scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Layton Mogford, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Malakoff had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over the Zebras.
Jack Hustead was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Rockdale has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6-1 record this season. As for Malakoff, their victory bumped their record up to 20-6.
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