The Jay Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the Southside Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Jay nor Southside posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Jay fell victim to Navarro and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 1-0. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Southside didn't have quite enough to beat Southwest on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Achillies Sepulveda was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Sepulveda was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one RBI.
Sepulveda wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Joseth Aguirre, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Jay's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Southside, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-3.
Jay was able to grind out a solid win over Southside when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 4-0. Will Jay repeat their success, or does Southside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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