The Mansfield Homeschool Knights will challenge the Northside Falcons HomeSchool Falcons at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Northside Falcons HomeSchool is hoping to do on Friday what West Houston HomeSchool couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Mansfield Homeschool's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Mansfield Homeschool's pitchers stepped up to hand West Houston HomeSchool a 7-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Mansfield Homeschool has won by exactly seven runs.
Gedeon Bring looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Gabriel Lewis was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Shiloh Callaway, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Northside Falcons HomeSchool had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five back in April. They were the clear victor by a 10-4 margin over HCYA.
Grady Williams looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Hunter Kocurek, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb Steiger, who went 2-for-4 with a home run.
Mansfield Homeschool is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 30-11-1 record this season. As for Northside Falcons HomeSchool, they pushed their record up to 16-5-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Mansfield Homeschool came up short against Northside Falcons HomeSchool when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 8-4. Can Mansfield Homeschool avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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