Baseball Recap: Tuesday's Victory Is Manvel's Sixth in Last Seven Outings

Mavericks

Margin (Wins)

02/27/25 vs Fort Bend Bush	24
03/21/25 @ South Houston	19
02/28/25 vs Austin	18
02/21/25 vs Alief Hastings	17
04/08/25 @ Fort Bend Kempner	11

Manvel had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 11-run drubbing they dealt Fort Bend Kempner on Tuesday. The Mavericks' pitchers stepped up to hand the Cougars an 11-0 shutout. Considering the Mavericks have won seven games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Dylan Lam looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. He has become a key player for Manvel: the team is 3-1 when he allows at most three hits, but 7-8 otherwise.

At the plate, Reece Johnson was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in February. Brayden Tuiasosopo also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

Manvel was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Manvel is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for Fort Bend Kempner, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13-1.

Manvel will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Cougars: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.