The Abilene Eagles will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Lubbock-Cooper Pirates at 4:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
While Abilene's win against Coronado wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. Abilene had just enough and edged Coronado out 5-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Abilene.
Kinzley Cantu was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Brieyonna Reed, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lubbock-Cooper waltzed into their game two weeks ago with two straight wins... but they left with three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over the Plainsmen. That's two games straight that Lubbock-Cooper has won by exactly two runs.
Abilene is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 18-12-1 record this season. As for Lubbock-Cooper, they pushed their record up to 6-8 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
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