The Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin Raptors will take on the Rudder Rangers in a tournament on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin came up short against Pflugerville and fell 9-4. The loss continues a trend for the Raptors in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost five in a row.
While Rudder didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-22), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Lehman on Thursday. The two-run effort marked the Rangers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Jayden Gonzalez tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Rudder saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Menchaca, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Rudder is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-2-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.4 runs over those games. Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin now has a losing record of 1-2.
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