Juarez-Lincoln is 0-3 against Nixon since March of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Juarez-Lincoln Huskies will head out on the road to square off against the Nixon Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Juarez-Lincoln suffered a tough 9-3 defeat at the hands of Martin.
Natalie Gonzalez was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, she struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and eight unearned) runs off seven hits. Gonzalez has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Gonzalez was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run.
Gonzalez wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sarai Gomez, who went 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Nixon unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Mission Veterans Memorial by a score of 2-1.
Juarez-Lincoln's record now sits at 7-16. As for Nixon, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-13-1.
Juarez-Lincoln suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Nixon when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nixon's Jimena Ibarra, who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Juarez-Lincoln knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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