Bay City hasn't had much luck against Needville recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Bay City Blackcats will take on the Needville Bluejays at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Bay City beat Wharton 6-3.
Kimberly Perez was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-3. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in April of 2024. Ameris Huerta also deserves some recognition as she brought in her first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Needville entered their tilt with El Campo on Friday with seven consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with eight. They blew past the Ricebirds 11-3. The Bluejays might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by six runs or more this season.
Needville also got a great performance from Avery Dees as she struck out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Josey Cantu, who went 3-for-4 with six RBI, two runs, and one double. Kourtney Carter was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
Needville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as El Campo only posted a batting average of .185.
Needville's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Bay City, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a massive bump to their 6-8 record this season.
Bay City might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Needville in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Bay City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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