The McAllen Memorial Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Vela Sabercats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
After soaring to 20 runs the game before, McAllen Memorial were a bit more limited in their game on Friday. Their tough 16-0 defeat to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North might stick with them for a while. McAllen Memorial has struggled against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North recently, as their matchup on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Vela can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. They put the hurt on Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest with a sharp 16-1 win. 16 seems to be a good number for Vela as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Katherine Contreras, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Elizabeth Morales, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
McAllen Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 1-7-1. As for Vela, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-12.
McAllen Memorial came up short against Vela in their previous meeting back in February, falling 11-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Vela's Danika Jimenez, who went 3-for-3 with two triples, four RBI, and two runs. Now that McAllen Memorial knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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