Mustangs
| 03/28/25 @ San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy | 20 |
| 02/28/25 vs Snyder | 14 |
| 03/06/25 @ Perryton | 9 |
| 03/01/25 vs Abernathy | 9 |
| 02/27/25 vs Bangs | 9 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sweetwater). They were the clear victors by a 20-1 margin over the San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy Eagles on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Mustangs considering their two-run performance the match before.
Cash Barnes was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and not a single walk). He has become a key player for Sweetwater: the team is undefeated when he posts at least eight strikeouts, but 5-10 otherwise. Barnes was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Those two runs gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Jonah Rendon was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Blayne Bohall, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs and one triple.
Sweetwater always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .769. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Sweetwater's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-10. As for San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-10.
Sweetwater will have a chance to go back-to-back against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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