The South Houston Trojans will hit the road for the first time this season to face off against the Friendswood Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
South Houston is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Alief Hastings a 9-0 shutout on Saturday. The Trojans haven't had any issues with the Bears recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Joey Garcia made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. Garcia was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.
In other batting news, Nathaniel Gonzalez was incredible, scoring a run and stealing four bases while going 2-for-2. Braden Mayberry was another key player, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI and one double.
South Houston was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .450. The last time their batting average was this high was back in March of 2024.
Meanwhile, everything went Friendswood's way against Cinco Ranch on Friday as Friendswood made off with an 8-2 win. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by six runs or more this season.
South Houston's record is now 2-3. As for Friendswood, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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