The Mansfield Homeschool Knights will challenge the West Houston HomeSchool Thunder at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Mansfield Homeschool stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Tulsa NOAH HomeSchool with a sharp 11-4 win. Winning may never get old, but Mansfield Homeschool sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Calvin Spigener looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gabriel Lewis, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Mason Hamilton was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, West Houston HomeSchool has not done well against HCYA recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Everything went West Houston HomeSchool's way against HCYA as West Houston HomeSchool made off with a 12-2 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what West Houston HomeSchool needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Wyatt Wilson was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Wilson was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Thomas LaGorga was incredible, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Mansfield Homeschool is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 29-11-1 record this season. As for West Houston HomeSchool, the win got them back to even at 18-18.
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