The Madison Mavericks are on the road again on Saturday to play the Taft Raiders at 12:00 p.m. Madison will be strutting in after a win while Taft will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Madison got themselves on the board against Lee, but Lee never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Volunteers with a sharp 10-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Taft suffered a rough 14-4 defeat at the hands of Jay on Friday.
Taft saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Lopez, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Barrera, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Madison is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-12 record this season. As for Taft, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-15-1.
Madison came out on top in a nail-biter against Taft in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, sneaking past 6-5. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Taft's Javier Lopez, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Madison to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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