New Iberia is 0-10 against Barbe since March of 2019 but things could change on Saturday. The New Iberia Yellowjackets will venture away from home to take on the Barbe Buccaneers at 1:00 p.m.
New Iberia is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Sam Houston on Thursday. They lost 23-1 to the Broncos.
Meanwhile, Barbe had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.9 runs) and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They never let the Bears get on the board and left with an 11-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Buccaneers, who have now won 11 matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Barbe's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-4. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for New Iberia, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-5.
New Iberia suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Barbe in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. Can New Iberia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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