The Waco Lions will square off against the Connally Cadets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Waco will be strutting in after a win while Connally will be coming in after a defeat.
If Waco beats Connally with 17 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Everything went the Lions' way against La Vega on Friday as they made off with a 17-2 victory. That 15-run margin sets a new team best for the Lions this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Connally was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They came up short against New Waverly, falling 15-1.
Connally saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaemyn Gillian, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run.
The win made it two in a row for Waco and bumps their season record up to 3-4. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Connally, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
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