The Mineola Yellowjackets will take on the Eustace Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mineola is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Mineola is headed into the game having just suffered their closest defeat since March 7, 2025 last Friday. They fell just short of Malakoff by a score of 7-5.
Carson Threlkeld was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Threlkeld was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one double. That triple was his first of the season.
Matthew Ballew
| 04/10/26 @ Malakoff | 3 |
| 03/06/26 vs Cumby | 3 |
| 03/05/26 vs Ford | 3 |
| 02/19/26 vs Ferris | 3 |
| 02/28/26 vs North Dallas | 2 |
| + 5 more games |
In other batting news, Wyatt Salonen and Matthew Ballew stepped up to the plate in a big way. Salonen went 3-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double, while Ballew went 2-for-3 with three runs and one stolen base. Ballew has become a key player for Mineola: the team is 5-2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 4-5 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Lawson Ollive, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, Eustace was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They lost 11-1 to Winnsboro. The Bulldogs have struggled against the Red Raiders recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Eustace's loss dropped their record down to 6-16. As for Mineola, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7-1.
Mineola suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Eustace when the teams last played back in April of 2025. Can the Yellowjackets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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