The Santa Gertrudis Academy Lions will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Falfurrias Fightin' Jerseys. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Santa Gertrudis Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Rio Hondo a 6-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Falfurrias had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.9 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 14-2 margin over IDEA Edinburg College Prep. Falfurrias might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Santa Gertrudis Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-15-1 record this season. As for Falfurrias, their victory bumped their record up to 21-5-1.
Santa Gertrudis Academy couldn't quite finish off Falfurrias when the teams last played back in March and fell 4-2. Can Santa Gertrudis Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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