Austin hasn't had much luck against Jefferson recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Austin Panthers will square off against the Jefferson Silver Foxes at 10:00 a.m.
Austin is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Andress, falling 21-6. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Meanwhile, Jefferson got themselves on the board against Young Women's Leadership Academy on Tuesday, but Young Women's Leadership Academy never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Transformers as they made off with a 15-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Silver Foxes.
Yazmeen De La Paz was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 11 over four innings pitched. Those 11 strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That triple marked the first that she's hit this season.
In other batting news, Jefferson got a massive performance out of Nayeli Luna, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Luna has been hot recently, having also posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Angelina Perez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Jefferson was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .654. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Austin now has a losing record of 5-6. As for Jefferson, their record now sits at 6-9.
Austin might still be hurting after the 16-8 loss they got from Jefferson in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. Can Austin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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