The Northwest Texans will square off against the Byron Nelson Bobcat at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither Northwest nor Byron Nelson posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Friday just wasn't the day for Northwest's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Southlake Carroll on Friday. The Texans' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Byron Nelson entered their tilt with V.R. Eaton on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. The one-run effort marked the Bobcat's lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Not much got past Meredith Hambric, who gave up just two hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep V.R. Eaton off the board. Those 11 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for Hambric.
At the plate, Byron Nelson saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mackenzie Nelson, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run.
Byron Nelson's victory bumped their record up to 20-2-1. As for Northwest, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.
Northwest came up short against Byron Nelson in their previous meeting back in April of 2025, falling 4-1. Can the Texans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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