The El Paso Tigers will face off against the Burges Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (El Paso has five straight victories, Burges has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
El Paso is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Jefferson 23-10 on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Burges didn't have quite enough to beat Andress on Thursday and fell 8-7.
Adan Zavala was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
El Paso's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-13-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Burges, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14-2.
Everything went El Paso's way against Burges in their previous matchup on April 1st, as El Paso made off with an 8-2 victory. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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