The Centerville Tigers will face off against the Grapeland Sandies at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Centerville is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Centerville is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Latexo get on the board and left with a 13-0 win on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Centerville with their most commanding win of the season.
Grapeland came out on top against Latexo last Friday thanks in part to the team's impressive five-run seventh inning. The Sandies narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Tigers 9-8.
Edy Lopez made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Diego Fajardo, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. Grapeland is undefeated when Fajardo posts two or more runs, but 1-5 otherwise. Eli Deleon was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one run and one double.
Centerville's win bumped their record up to 10-5-1. As for Grapeland, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5.
Centerville came out on top in a nail-biter against Grapeland in their previous meeting back in March, sneaking past 6-4. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Sandies have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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