Baseball Recap: Hebbronville Finds Playoff Glory Versus Jourdanton

With a playoff win on the line, Hebbronville rose to the challenge on Friday. They walked away with a 7-3 victory over the Jourdanton Indians/Squaws. This was a revenge game for the Longhorns: when they faced off against the Indians/Squaws on Thursday, they had to take a 5-4 defeat.

Derek Ramirez was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up a single earned run in six consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ruben Rodriguez, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Hebbronville has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-11-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Jourdanton, the loss snapped their winning streak at 17 games and leaves them with a 22-5-1 record.

Hebbronville will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Indians/Squaws: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.