Yoakum has gone 8-2 against Edna recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Bulldogs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Yoakum has three straight wins, Edna has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Yoakum beats Edna with 12 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Everything went the Bulldogs' way against Rice Consolidated on Friday as they made off with a 12-2 victory.
| 02/28/25 vs Cedar Creek | 8 |
| 03/08/25 vs Gatesville | 3 |
| 04/11/25 vs Rice Consolidated | 1 |
| 04/04/25 vs Palacios | 1 |
| 03/20/25 vs Industrial | 1 |
Garrett Green made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of Yoakum's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 3-1 (and 7-8-1 when he doesn't). Green was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple.
In other batting news, Brett Lerch and Jamar Hopkins did most of the damage at the plate: Lerch scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Hopkins scored two runs while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits Lerch has posted since back in February. Braden Berger was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Yoakum hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post two or more strikeouts.
Edna might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 9-5 to Tidehaven, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Like Yoakum, Edna also got a great game from a two-way player: Brady Peters. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Peters was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Peters wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Weston Howard, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Yoakum pushed their record up to 10-9-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Edna, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.
Yoakum came out on top in a nail-biter against Edna when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 12-11. Will the Bulldogs repeat their success, or do the Cowboys have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
