The Memphis East Mustangs will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Trezevant Bears at 4:30 p.m. Memphis East is looking for their season?s first win.
Memphis East lost 15-5 to Kingsbury on Friday.
Meanwhile, Trezevant put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand King Prep a 16-0 shutout.
Jaden Ivey was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Ivey was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more stolen bases the last four times he's played.
In other batting news, Damarious Reed and Rickey Wright did most of the damage at the plate: Reed scored two runs and stole eight bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances, while Wright scored two runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Reed has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last 15 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Devin Parker, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Memphis East's loss dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Trezevant, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season.
Memphis East couldn't quite finish off Trezevant in their previous matchup back in March and fell 11-9. Will Memphis East have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
