The Grapevine Mustangs will square off against the Joshua Owls on Thursday. Grapevine is coming into the match hot, having won their last 15 games.
Grapevine is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Brewer 8-7. Surprisingly, this marked the Mustangs' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Meanwhile, Joshua won against South Hills on Thursday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Owls beat the Scorpions by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. The result was nothing new for the Owls, who have now won 12 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Joshua has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 22 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-8-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Grapevine, they pushed their record up to 27-2 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Grapevine took their victory against Joshua in their previous matchup back in March of 2021 by a conclusive 12-3 score. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Owls turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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