Central and Southwest EC are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2019, but likely not for long. The Central Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Southwest EC Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Central will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Tuesday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They lost 7-1 to Palo Verde Valley. Central has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Southwest EC had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Yellow Jackets with a sharp 8-1 win.
Central's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Southwest EC, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-10-1 record this season.
Central couldn't quite finish off Southwest EC when the teams last played last Tuesday and fell 7-5. Can Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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