The Poth Pirates will square off against the Karnes City Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Karnes City will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Poth extended their winning streak to three on Thursday. The Pirates never let Nixon-Smiley get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. That's two games straight that the Pirates have won by exactly ten runs.
Jacob Clark
| 04/17/25 vs Nixon-Smiley | 7 |
| 04/08/25 vs Goliad | 3 |
| 02/25/25 @ Lytle | 2 |
| 03/28/25 @ Luling | 1 |
| 02/28/25 vs Southside | 1 |
Jacob Clark was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Major Luna, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one double. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. Jaden Steward was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Poth always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .562. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Nixon-Smiley only posted an OBP of .280.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Karnes City). Everything went their way against Stockdale on Thursday as they made off with a 17-7 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Badgers.
Poth's win bumped their record up to 19-5. As for Karnes City, their victory bumped their record up to 17-5.
Poth was able to grind out a solid win over Karnes City in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 7-2. Will the Pirates repeat their success, or do the Badgers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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