Baseball Preview: Axtell Longhorns vs. Hubbard Jaguars
Axtell is 6-1 against Hubbard since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Axtell Longhorns will head out on the road to take on the Hubbard Jaguars at 4:30 p.m. Neither Axtell nor Hubbard posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
After a string of six wins, Axtell's good fortune finally ran out two weeks ago. They fell 5-2 to Riesel.
Meanwhile, Hubbard fell victim to Riesel and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of the Indians. Hubbard has struggled against Riesel recently, as their matchup on Friday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Hubbard saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kooper Moore, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Axtell's record now sits at 11-4. As for Hubbard, their record is now 6-10.
Everything went Axtell's way against Hubbard when the teams last played back in March of 2023 as Axtell made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Axtell since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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