The South Grand Prairie Warriors are taking a road trip to take on the Arlington Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. South Grand Prairie's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Arlington's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
South Grand Prairie's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Sam Houston as South Grand Prairie made off with an 11-0 win. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by seven runs or more this season.
Isaac Rios
| 03/14/25 @ Sam Houston | 6 |
| 03/07/25 vs Centennial | 2 |
| 02/28/25 vs Mansfield Timberview | 3 |
| 04/23/24 @ Lamar | 3 |
| 04/05/24 vs Arlington | 1 |
| 03/22/24 vs Sam Houston | 9 |
Isaac Rios made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024. He was also big at the plate, firing off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ruben Carranza, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Angel Arpero, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
South Grand Prairie lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Arlington came up short against Haltom on Friday and fell 6-3.
Lunden Prater made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3.
The victory made it two in a row for South Grand Prairie and bumps their season record up to 9-3-2. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 11.5 hits in those games compared to only five in the others. As for Arlington, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
South Grand Prairie might still be hurting after the 11-2 defeat they got from Arlington in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can South Grand Prairie avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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