The Mansfield Summit Jaguars will take on the Roosevelt Mustangs at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Mansfield Summit will be strutting in after a win while Roosevelt will be coming in after a loss.
Mansfield Summit is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 15-1 margin over Carter-Riverside on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Lane Palmer
| 03/07/25 vs Carter-Riverside | 3 |
| 02/22/25 @ Creekview | 1 |
| 02/21/25 vs Adamson | 1 |
| 02/14/25 @ Bowie | 1 |
| 02/04/25 vs Fossil Ridge | 1 |
Lane Palmer looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
On the hitting side, Zachary Randall was a standout: he scored three runs and stole Three bases. while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Mansfield Summit's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 2-1 (and 2-11 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Marcus Johnson, who scored four runs and stole Four bases. while going 2-for-2.
Mansfield Summit kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.3 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 9.6.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 15th straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 27-0 to Crowley.
The win made it two in a row for Mansfield Summit and bumps their season record up to 4-12. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Roosevelt, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
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