Mesquite is 0-10 against Rockwall since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mesquite Skeeters will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rockwall Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m.
Mesquite was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Royse City.
Meanwhile, Rockwall came tearing into Saturday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Dragons by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-4.
Rockwall let Hudson Holt and Mason Pate loose on the outfield. Holt got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI, while Pate went 1-for-4 with three RBI and a stolen base. Pate has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Charles Mahaffey, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Mesquite's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9-3. As for Rockwall, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 30-10-3 record this season.
Mesquite might still be hurting after the 8-0 loss they got from Rockwall when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Mesquite, Brayden Randle (who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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