The Klein Cain Hurricanes will take on the Magnolia West Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Klein Cain sitting on 11 straight wins and Magnolia West on four.
Klein Cain can't be too worried about heading out to take on Magnolia West: they just beat Tomball at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Hurricanes won by a run and slipped past the Cougars 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Hurricanes as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Braden Cox made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Cox wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Blaine Bullard, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, Magnolia West won against Tomball Memorial last Friday with 12 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Everything went the Mustangs' way against Magnolia as they made off with a 12-2 win. Considering the Mustangs have won seven matches by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Klein Cain's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-6-3. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.6 runs over those games. As for Magnolia West, their record is now 13-7.
Klein Cain was able to grind out a solid victory over Magnolia West when the teams last played back in March of 2024, winning 3-0. Do the Hurricanes have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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