The MacArthur Cardinals will face off against the Grand Prairie Gophers at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (MacArthur has three straight victories, Grand Prairie has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
MacArthur proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by six) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Trinity 4-3.
MacArthur's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ian Martinez, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one RBI. Adrian Cruz also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Grand Prairie fell victim to Nimitz and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Vikings.
MacArthur's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Grand Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
MacArthur suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Grand Prairie in their previous meeting back in March of 2022. Can MacArthur avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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