Lockney and Floydada are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Lockney Longhorns will head out on the road to face off against the Floydada Whirlwinds at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Lockney will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
If Lockney beats Floydada with five runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Lockney won by a run and slipped past Floydada 5-4. That's two games straight that Lockney has won by just one run.
For Floydada's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Luna, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Floydada didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 12 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Lockney's victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Floydada, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost eight of their last ten games, which is still a better percentage than their 3-14-1 record this season.
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