South Grand Prairie has won four straight games at home, while Arlington has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. South Grand Prairie will welcome Arlington at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
South Grand Prairie's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Bowie with a sharp 15-0 win. The Warriors haven't had any issues with the Volunteers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Jernie Nerio made a splash while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Nerio was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, South Grand Prairie got a massive performance out of Adriana Mountcastle, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Odessy Esparza was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Arlington made sure to put some runs up on the board against Haltom on Friday. Arlington blew past Haltom 13-5. The Colts might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Arlington has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.0 runs over those games. South Grand Prairie's victory bumped their record up to 12-8-1.
South Grand Prairie beat Arlington 4-0 in their previous matchup on March 7th. Will South Grand Prairie repeat their success, or does Arlington has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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