The Iowa Park Hawks will square off against the Jacksboro Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Iowa Park will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Iowa Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Bowie get on the board and left with a 13-0 win on Friday. Considering the Hawks have won six matchups by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past AJ Ramirez, who gave up just a hit and racked up 12 Ks to keep Bowie off the board. Ramirez has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances.
Kane Decker
| 03/28/25 @ Bowie | 5 |
| 02/27/25 vs Whitesboro | 3 |
| 03/25/25 vs Bowie | 1 |
| 03/22/25 @ Graham | 1 |
| 03/21/25 @ Vernon | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kane Decker, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and five RBI. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Braxton Vest, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Iowa Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Jacksboro came tearing into last Friday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Jackrabbits 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Tigers have posted since February 21st.
Cannon Valenzuela made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Valenzuela was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Valenzuela wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hoytt Wesson, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Wesson also brought in an RBI, marking his first of the season.
Jacksboro pushed their record up to 13-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Iowa Park, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
