The Austin Mustangs will take on the Manvel Mavericks in a tournament on Friday. Austin has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with six straight defeats, while Manvel will come in with three straight victories.
Austin fell victim to Bay City and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They fell just short of the Blackcats by a score of 2-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manvel). Everything went their way against Fort Bend Bush on Thursday as Manvel made off with a 24-0 win. Give the Mavericks' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Dylan Lam looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Manvel got a massive performance out of Brayden Tuiasosopo, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Tuiasosopo also hit a double, marking his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Reece Johnson, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Manvel always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .595. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March of 2024.
Manvel's record is now 3-1. As for Austin, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Austin came up short against Manvel in their previous meeting back in May of 2017, falling 11-6. Can Austin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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