Grand Saline dropped their record down to 18-9 on Tuesday, which also ended the team's ten-game streak of wins at home. They fell 5-1 to the Malakoff Tigers. The Indians were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Tigers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in March of 2016.
As for Malakoff, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games.
For Malakoff's part, they got a great performance from Jaxson Jedlicka as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Jedlicka has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Malakoff's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Mike Jones, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Grand Saline beat the Tigers by a score of 14-1 on Friday.
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