The Northside Mustangs will square off against the Clemente Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Northside is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Northside couldn't beat DePaul College Prep on Thursday even though they stacked four runs on them in the first inning. The Mustangs fell just short of the Rams by a score of 5-4.
Northside saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jesse Nick, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Clemente had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 13-4 margin over the Warriors. Considering the Wildcats have won six matches by more than eight runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Clemente pushed their record up to 9-7 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Northside, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
Everything went Northside's way against Clemente in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, as Northside made off with a 6-0 win. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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