The Luling Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Cole Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with eight defeats in a row, Luling finally turned things around against Nixon-Smiley on Tuesday. Luling sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-7 victory over Nixon-Smiley.
Kade Samuelson made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Samuelson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks every time he's pitched this season. Samuelson was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Luling let Christian Reyes and Gabriel Reyna loose on the outfield. Reyes scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Reyna scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Juan Amaro, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cole can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Randolph 9-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cole.
Jacob Panek spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Alex Flowers, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Garrison Baker was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Luling's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-11. As for Cole, the victory got them back to even at 11-11.
Luling came up short against Cole in their previous meeting on April 2nd, falling 14-11. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Panek, who struck out nine batters over 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Now that Luling knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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