The Hays Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Seguin Matadors at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Friday just wasn't the day for Hays' offense. They fell just short of Glenn by a score of 2-0 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Hawks have suffered since March 6th.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Seguin, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out Burbank 2-1 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Matadors have posted since February 27th.
Seguin's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Griffin Welfel, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Ian Moreno also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen bases of the season.
Seguin is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-7-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Hays, they moved to 16-7-1 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Everything went Hays' way against Seguin in their previous meeting back in March of 2018, as Hays made off with an 8-2 victory. Do the Hawks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Matadors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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