The Castleberry Lions will head out on the road to take on the Krum Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Castleberry is no doubt hoping to put an end to an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought match, but Castleberry had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Bridgeport.
Alex Veliz was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Ortiz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Krum had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Bullfrogs as they made off with an 11-1 victory.
Castleberry's loss dropped their record down to 8-15. As for Krum, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9-2 record this season.
Castleberry might still be hurting after the 12-2 defeat they got from Krum in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Castleberry avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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