The Canyon Cougars will take on the Steele Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Canyon's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Judson 7-0. The victory continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Rockets: they've now won six in a row.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Steele and San Marcos meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Knights narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Rattlers 2-1.
Steele pushed their record up to 12-7-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 9-11.
Canyon skirted past Steele 5-4 when the teams last played back in April of 2019. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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