Lockney won against Ralls last Wednesday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Lockney Longhorns had just enough and edged the Floydada Whirlwinds out 5-4. The victory was nothing new for Lockney as they're now sitting on three straight.
For Floydada's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Luna, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Floydada didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 12 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Lockney's win bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Floydada, they dropped their record down to 3-14-1 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Lockney will have a chance to go back-to-back against Floydada: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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