Flour Bluff and Palmview squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Flour Bluff had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Lobos by a score of 4-3. The Hornets were not able to make up for their defeat to the Lobos from their previous meeting back in February of 2020.
Robert Moreno
| 03/04/25 @ Carroll | 3 |
| 03/31/25 vs King | 2 |
| 02/25/25 vs Corpus Christi Moody | 2 |
| 05/02/25 vs Palmview | 1 |
| 03/25/25 @ Gregory-Portland | 1 |
| + 1 more games |
Robert Moreno was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. He has become a key player for Flour Bluff: the team is 6-3 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 7-11-2 otherwise. Moreno was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI. That triple was his first of the season.
Moreno wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brody Smith, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Flour Bluff now has a losing record of 13-14-2. As for Palmview, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 20-6.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Lobos beat Flour Bluff by a score of 5-1 on Saturday.
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