After flying high against Avery on Friday, Neches came back down to earth. The Neches Tigers fell 5-2 to the Saltillo Lions on Friday. The match marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Neches' defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Saltillo, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
We've got a battle between Tigers coming up. Latexo has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.6 runs per game on average), something Neches will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Saltillo, they will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on Celeste at 11:00 a.m. on Monday. The contest will give Celeste their first taste of in-conferenceaction this season.
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