CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Veterans Memorial Lady Eagles held off Brownsville Lopez 7-4 in their UIL 5A Area game one matchup on Thursday at Cabaniss Field.
Lady Eagles Talia Maldonado and Alyssa Burdge each hit a home run in the game. Burdge added an RBI double prior to that in the bottom of the third inning. Parker Malone, Burdge and Jada Zepeda each collected 2 hits for Veterans Memorial.
Veterans Memorial pitcher Meredith Cavazos earned the win. She surrendered 7 hits and 2 runs over 4 innings while striking out 3 batters. Maddie Aguilar came in for relief for 3 innings allowing 4 hits and 2 runs while striking 3 batters.
Game two is scheduled for Friday at 5:30 p.m. in Brownville.
