Baseball Game Preview: Austin Maroons vs. Lake Travis Cavaliers

For the second straight game, Austin will face off against Lake Travis. The Maroons will welcome the Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Austin has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Lake Travis will come in with four straight wins.

Austin made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Lake Travis, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Maroons fell just short of the Cavaliers by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Maroons have suffered since March 7th.

Lake Travis' victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-9-3. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for Austin, their loss dropped their record down to 6-19.