The Porter Cowboys will head out on the road to square off against the McAllen Memorial Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
McAllen Memorial is hoping to do on Thursday what Donna North couldn't on Friday: put an end to Porter's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Porter's way against Donna North as Porter made off with a 9-1 win.
Porter got a massive performance out of Raul Hernandez, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Emilio Salazar, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, McAllen Memorial has not done well against Sharyland recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. McAllen Memorial came out on top against Sharyland by a score of 10-6. McAllen Memorial's victory was all the more impressive since Sharyland was averaging only 2.93 runs allowed on the season.
Porter is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5-1 record this season. As for McAllen Memorial, they pushed their record up to 18-11 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Porter came out on top in a nail-biter against McAllen Memorial in their previous matchup back in February of 2016, sneaking past 6-4. Does Porter have another victory up their sleeve, or will McAllen Memorial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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