Marshall is 2-7 against Whitehouse since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Marshall Mavericks will head out on the road to square off against the Whitehouse Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Marshall will bounce into Friday's match after beating Hallsville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Marshall had just enough and edged Hallsville out 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Marshall.
Marshall got a great performance from Caden Noblit as he struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Dallan Shaw, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Eli Emery was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Whitehouse earned a 6-3 win over Hallsville on Friday.
Marshall's record now sits at 17-10. As for Whitehouse, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season.
Marshall suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Whitehouse in their previous meeting on April 2nd. Can Marshall avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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