The Rockport-Fulton Pirates will head out to take on the Victoria East Titans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Things were looking good for Rockport-Fulton after they put the first runs on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They came up short against Jones, falling 10-1. The Pirates have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Rockport-Fulton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaxon Keown, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Victoria East waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Buffalos with a sharp 15-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Titans, who have now won 13 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Victoria East's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-4. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Rockport-Fulton, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9-1.
Rockport-Fulton couldn't quite get it done against Victoria East when the teams last played back in March of 2022 as they fell 6-3. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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