The Victoria East Titans will take on the Lamar Consolidated Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Victoria East comes in on three and Lamar Consolidated on 11.
Victoria East is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Fort Bend Marshall get on the board and left with a 17-0 victory on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Titans with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Lamar Consolidated got the win against Randle on Tuesday by a conclusive 14-1. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won ten games by seven runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Aubree Jones, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Sophia Lundstrom, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Lamar Consolidated kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in 12 consecutive matchups.
Lamar Consolidated's win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.5 runs on average over those games. As for Victoria East, their victory bumped their record up to 8-12.
Everything went Victoria East's way against Lamar Consolidated when the teams last played back in April of 2018, as Victoria East made off with a 10-1 win. Does Victoria East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lamar Consolidated turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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