The King Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Ray Texans at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. King has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Ray will come in with seven straight victories.
King made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Mustangs fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Mustangs have suffered against the Eagles since April 3, 2023.
King saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Justin Lytle, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Ray came out on top against Gregory-Portland on Tuesday thanks in part to the team's impressive four-run fourth inning. The Texans had just enough and edged out the Wildcats 6-5. Six seems to be a good number for the Texans as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Josh Hernandez was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Garza, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run.
Ray's victory bumped their record up to 16-6. As for King, their loss dropped their record down to 8-11-2.
King might still be hurting after the 13-0 defeat they got from Ray in their previous meeting back in April of 2025. Can the Mustangs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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