New Town will head out to challenge the Mergenthaler Vo-Tech Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with New Town sitting on five straight wins and Mergenthaler Vo-Tech on six.
New Town's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Edgewood 16-0. New Town might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by 12 runs or more this season.
While Mergenthaler Vo-Tech didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-10), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Edmondson-Westside with a sharp 16-7 victory on Wednesday. The Mustangs are also no stranger to big wins: their blowout was the fifth game they've won by 6+ runs this season.
Mergenthaler Vo-Tech's win bumped their record up to 6-1-1. As for New Town, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
Everything went New Town's way against Mergenthaler Vo-Tech when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as New Town made off with a 24-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Town since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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