The Joshua Owls will face off against the Grapevine Mustangs on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Joshua 3.4, Grapevine 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Joshua is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat South Hills by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. The result was nothing new for the Owls, who have now won 12 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Grapevine had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.9 runs) and they went ahead and made it 15 on Friday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured an 8-7 W against the Bears. Surprisingly, this marked the Mustangs' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Joshua is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 22 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-8-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.5 runs over those games. As for Grapevine, their win was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 27-2.
Joshua suffered a grim 12-3 defeat to Grapevine in their previous matchup back in March of 2021. Can the Owls avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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