Softball Preview: Broken Bow Savages vs. Pocola Indians
Broken Bow has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to square off against the Pocola Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Broken Bow will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Saturday (they won by nine) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Poteau a 2-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Savages have posted since September 5th.
Meanwhile, Pocola put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Moore , sneaking past 3-1.
Allyssa Parker spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on zero hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Pocola's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kyleigh Combs, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Pocola hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in seven consecutive contests.
Broken Bow's victory bumped their record up to 18-8. As for Pocola, their win was their 13th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 28-0.
Broken Bow came out on top in a nail-biter against Pocola when the teams last played back in August of 2018, sneaking past 4-3. Will Broken Bow repeat their success, or does Pocola have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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