The Alamo Heights Mules will take on the Southwest Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Southwest took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Alamo Heights, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with six defeats in a row, Alamo Heights turned things around against Taft on Saturday. They walked away with a 6-1 win over the Raiders.
Yul Salaburu spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on seven hits and racked up six Ks. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Watson Laswell, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Bader, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Alamo Heights was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Southwest's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of McCollum by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Dragons have suffered since April 19, 2024.
Alex Rico was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits (and not a single walk).
On the hitting side, Southwest saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Julleus Castillo, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Southwest's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 11-3-1. As for Alamo Heights, their victory bumped their record up to 5-11-1.
