The Hughes Springs Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Hooks Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Hughes Springs' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Chapel Hill as they made off with a 12-0 victory. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Hooks waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with an 11-5 win.
Hughes Springs has been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for Hooks, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-11.
Hughes Springs beat Hooks 8-5 in their previous meeting back in February. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Hornets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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