Softball Recap: Kingwood Park Panthers vs. Huntsville Hornets
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Kingwood Park's offense. They fell just short of the Huntsville Hornets by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. The match marked that first time this season in which Kingwood Park was not able to get on the board.
For Huntsville's part, Kingwood Park's batters probably weren't too happy with Jaelynn Duke, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 14 Ks (she gave up no walks). Duke has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 13 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Huntsville's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Angelique Hernandez, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Kingwood Park's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-7. As for Huntsville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season.
Kingwood Park will head out on the road to take on Porter at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Kingwood Park's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Porter's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Huntsville, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Nacogdoches at 5:30 p.m. Huntsville is facing Nacogdoches at the right time seeing as Nacogdoches is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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