George West is 10-0 against Aransas Pass since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The George West Longhorns will be playing in front of their home fans against the Aransas Pass Panthers at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (George West has three straight wins, Aransas Pass has 15 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Even though Mathis scored an imposing 11 runs on Tuesday, George West still came out on top. George West won by a run and slipped past Mathis 12-11. That's two games straight that George West has won by just one run.
Gavin Garza and Trevor Poe made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Garza tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Meanwhile, Poe struck out six batters over two innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits (and only one walk). Garza has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Garza went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI, while Poe scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, George West got a big performance out of Conner Rhodes, who went 4-for-5 with two runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Caiden Salinas, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Aransas Pass lost a heartbreaker to Odem when they met back in April of 2023, and they left with a heavy heart again on Friday. Aransas Pass' rough 10-0 defeat to Odem might stick with them for a while.
Aransas Pass saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jerry Longoria, who went 2-for-2 with two stolen bases.
George West has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-18-1 record this season. As for Aransas Pass, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.
Everything went George West's way against Aransas Pass when the teams last played back in March as George West made off with a 15-0 victory. Does George West have another victory up their sleeve, or will Aransas Pass turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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