River Road was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They came up short against the Tulia Hornets, falling 17-8. Even though they lost, the Wildcats' still made a splash at the plate and bumped their average scoring up to 6.2 runs per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
| 03/28/25 vs Tulia | 3 |
| 03/07/25 @ West Texas | 3 |
| 02/17/25 vs Highland Park | 3 |
| 03/25/25 @ Bushland | 2 |
| 02/27/25 @ Floydada | 2 |
| + 3 more games |
River Road got a massive performance out of Zantiago Marrufo, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. River Road is 4-2 when Marrufo posts two or more runs, but 0-7 otherwise. Anthoney Williams also deserves some recognition as he hit his first doubles of the season.
River Road's loss dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Tulia, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-5-1.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. River Road is set to challenge their familiar foe Bushland at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Tulia will square off against rival Childress at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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