The Grulla Gators will head out on the road to take on the Raymondville Bearkats at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Grulla's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Raymondville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Grulla is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Zapata just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 5-4. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Grulla in their matchups with Zapata: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Raymondville suffered a rough 13-3 defeat at the hands of Zapata on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Raymondville has lost by exactly ten runs.
Diego Villegas was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Grulla's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-11. As for Raymondville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-15.
Grulla came up short against Raymondville in their previous meeting back in March, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Raymondville's Luis De La Paz, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Grulla knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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