Crystal City is 0-4 against Natalia since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Crystal City Javelinas will head out on the road to challenge the Natalia Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Crystal City will be strutting in after a victory while Natalia will be coming in after a loss.
On Friday, while Crystal City put up some runs, the same can't be said for Dilley. Crystal City put the hurt on Dilley with a sharp 10-0 win. The victory was just what Crystal City needed coming off of a 9-3 defeat in their prior match.
Chasity Martinez was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ameerah Ibarra, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Natalia pushed their score all the way to 11 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 14-11 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lytle. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (ten), Natalia still had to take the loss.
Crystal City's win ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-11. As for Natalia, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-16-1.
Crystal City couldn't quite finish off Natalia in their previous matchup back in March and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Natalia's Arabella Gallegos, who didn't allow a single earned run over eight innings pitched. Now that Crystal City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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