A feisty cat fight will be fought as Jordan Panthers challenge New Roads Jaguars at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Jordan is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Jordan is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Centennial get on the board and left with a 20-0 win on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Talin Velazquez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Velazquez was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Adrian Mendez was a standout: he scored two runs while going 1-for-1. He also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Cris Aleman was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Jordan always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .562. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .537 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, New Roads came up short against Milken on Thursday and fell 7-4. The loss continues a trend for the Jaguars in their meetings with the Wildcats: they've now lost eight in a row.
New Roads saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Linares, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
New Roads' defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Jordan, their win bumped their record up to 5-1-1.
Jordan skirted past New Roads 3-2 in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Will Jordan repeat their success, or does New Roads have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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