It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Victoria East had no problem doing just that on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over the Nixon Mustangs.
For Nixon's part, Delaney Guevara made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Donna Cardenas, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Victoria East is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-17 record this season. As for Nixon, their loss dropped their record down to 15-14-1.
Victoria East will have a chance to go back-to-back against Nixon: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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