The Mansfield Tigers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Rockwall Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mansfield: 3.3, Rockwall: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mansfield heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Thursday. They lost 9-1 to Rockwall. Mansfield's loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
For Rockwall's part, they got a great performance from Keller Lindeman as he struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Lindeman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Pearson Riebock was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Raley, who scored two runs.
Mansfield's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 23-8-1. As for Rockwall, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-9-3 record this season.
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