Jefferson is 0-3 against MacArthur since March of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Jefferson Mustangs will be playing at home against the MacArthur Brahmas at 7:15 p.m. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
Sadly, Jefferson is still looking for their first win of the season after 15 games. They fell just short of Highlands by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, MacArthur's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Edison by a score of 4-2. MacArthur was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matches prior) but Edison's pitcher proved too tough.
Kaylin Salazar spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on 12 hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, MacArthur saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kennedy Garner, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Jefferson's loss dropped their record down to 0-15. As for MacArthur, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-10-1.
Jefferson suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to MacArthur in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Salazar, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Jefferson knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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