After three games on the road, New Braunfels is heading back home. They will take on the Clemens Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The last three games New Braunfels has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Tuesday, New Braunfels had just enough and edged East Central out 5-4.
Izzy Cruz was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Leyla Goodwin was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Clemens came up short against Judson on Tuesday and fell 7-4. Clemens has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Clemens saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sophia Valencia, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Celestina Daniels, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
New Braunfels' win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 20-7-1. As for Clemens, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-4.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. New Braunfels hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Clemens struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
New Braunfels couldn't quite finish off Clemens in their previous meeting back in March and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clemens' Alexus Worthy, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up five earned runs off ten hits. Now that New Braunfels 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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