Mankato East has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Austin Packers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Austin's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Tuesday: Mankato East had not allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. Mankato East had just enough and edged Farmington out 2-0.
Meanwhile, Austin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Faribault by a score of 2-0.
Mankato East is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Austin, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Everything went Mankato East's way against Austin in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Mankato East made off with a 14-0 win. Will Mankato East repeat their success, or does Austin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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