The Alvin Yellowjackets will challenge the Pearland Oilers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Alvin is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
If Alvin beats Pearland with three runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Alvin's pitchers stepped up to hand Pearland a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. The contest marked the Yellowjackets' most dominant win of the season so far.
For Pearland's part, Ethan Sullivan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). That's the fewest earned runs Sullivan has allowed over his last four matchups.
At the plate, Pearland saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Logan Johnson, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Pearland's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 10-5. As for Alvin, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5.
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