Baseball Recap: Raul Reyna leads Mission Veterans Memorial to victory over Martin

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 8:24am

Baseball Recap: Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots vs. Martin Tigers

Mission Veterans Memorial had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Martin Tigers by a score of 8-3. That's more bragging rights for Mission Veterans Memorial, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

The team relied heavily on Raul Reyna, who went 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Jeremiah Vela was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.

On Martin's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Roberto Castillo, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1. Another player making a difference was Jacob Rodriguez, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with.

Mission Veterans Memorial has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8-2 record this season. As for Martin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-11.

Mission Veterans Memorial will take on Victoria East at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Victoria East: 3, Mission Veterans Memorial: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Martin, they will face off against Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial on Saturday. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Martin's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

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