The Strayhorn Mustangs are taking a road trip to face off against the Cleveland Central Wolves at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Strayhorn's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They blew past Charleston 17-0. The Mustangs haven't had any issues with the Tigers recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cleveland Central). Everything went their way against Yazoo City on Monday as Cleveland Central made off with a 19-1 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Haley Sterling was a standout: she scored three runs and stole Five bases. while going 2-for-2. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 1.4 stolen bases per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaida Williams, who scored three runs and stole Four bases. while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
The win made it two in a row for Cleveland Central and bumps their season record up to 6-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Strayhorn, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Strayhorn suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Cleveland Central in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Strayhorn avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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