Texas City came into Tuesday's match having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the South Houston Trojans on Tuesday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Texas City also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.
For South Houston's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Yancarlo Aguilar, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, South Houston didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 19 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Texas City's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-14-1. As for South Houston, they dropped their record down to 6-15-1 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Texas City will look to defend their home field on Friday against Clear Brook at 5:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Texas City: 3.4, Clear Brook: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for South Houston, they will head out on the road to take on Dobie at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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