Baseball Game Preview: Madison Central Jaguars vs. Germantown Mavericks

Jaguars

Runs

03/31/26 @ Germantown	2
03/28/26 vs Florence	11
03/27/26 @ Clinton	10
03/24/26 vs Clinton	9
03/21/26 vs West Lauderdale	19
+ 16 more games

For the second straight game, Madison Central will face off against Germantown. The Jaguars will be playing at home against the Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Madison Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.

Madison Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Germantown on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Mavericks by a score of 3-2. The Jaguars' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

For Germantown's part, they got a great performance from Nelson Irving as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Irving has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Christian Mumford, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Johnson, who went 3-for-5 with one run and one RBI.

Germantown's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 4.57 runs across that stretch. As for Madison Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-9.