The Denver City Mustangs will challenge the Kermit Yellow Jackets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Denver City's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Kermit's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Denver City's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Tuesday. They blew past Brownfield 7-0. Considering the Mustangs have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Kermit hadn't done well against Alpine recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Yellow Jackets sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over the Bucks. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Yellow Jackets.
Kermit saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zakry Salais, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run. Salais is becoming a predictor of the Yellow Jackets' success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is undefeated (and 6-9 when he doesn't). Another was Sergio Quiroz, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Denver City's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-6. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Kermit, they now have a winning record of 10-9.
Denver City took their win against Kermit when the teams last played back in May of 2022 by a conclusive 15-4 score. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Yellow Jackets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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