The Assumption Mustangs will face off against the Erath Bobcats at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Assumption has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Erath will arrive with nine straight wins.
On Thursday, Assumption didn't have quite enough to beat South Lafourche and fell 4-3. That's two games in a row now that the Mustangs have lost by just one run.
Meanwhile, Erath got themselves on the board against Port Barre on Thursday, but Port Barre never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Red Devils with a sharp 10-0 victory.
Erath got a massive performance out of Jack Landry, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Talan Landry, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3.
Erath pushed their record up to 15-9-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Assumption, their loss dropped their record down to 2-21.
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