The Rains Wildcats will take on the Mineola Yellowjackets in a tournament on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rains has four straight wins, Mineola has 12 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Rains took a 14-run defeat the last time they faced off against Sabine, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Rains beat Sabine on Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-3.
Meanwhile, Mineola lost 16-6 to Winnsboro on Monday.
Rains pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs over those games. As for Mineola, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Rains' way against Mineola in their previous matchup back in March of 2022, as Rains made off with a 10-1 win. Does Rains have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mineola turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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