La Marque is 0-10 against Columbia since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The La Marque Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Columbia Roughnecks at 6:00 p.m.
La Marque was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 18th straight defeat. They suffered a tough 20-0 loss at the hands of Iowa Colony.
Meanwhile, Columbia was able to grind out a solid win over Bay City on Tuesday, taking the game 5-1.
Roman Garza spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
On the hitting side, Grant Thrasher was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Fred Kirschner, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
La Marque's defeat dropped their record down to 1-18. As for Columbia, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7-1 record this season.
La Marque might still be hurting after the 14-2 loss they got from Columbia when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garza, who tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that La Marque knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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