Baseball Game Preview: Fort Bend Kempner Cougars vs. Victoria West Warriors

The Fort Bend Kempner Cougars will take on the Victoria West Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Bend Kempner is looking for their season's first victory.

Fort Bend Kempner came up short against Victoria West on Tuesday, falling 11-2.

For Victoria West's part, Aiden Deleon was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out 12 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Deleon also tossed two walks, which is notable because Victoria West is undefeated when he allows at most two walks, but 3-4-2 otherwise. Deleon was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.

In other batting news, Jay Guerrero was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Three bases. while going 2-for-4. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Waters, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-4.

Victoria West kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.9 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 9.4.

Fort Bend Kempner's loss dropped their record down to 0-9-1. As for Victoria West, their win bumped their record up to 6-4-2.