Softball Game Preview: Whitehouse Wildcats vs. Jacksonville Fightin' Indians

By Team Reports Mar 8, 2025, 3:46am

Softball Preview: Whitehouse Wildcats vs. Jacksonville Fightin' Indians

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The Whitehouse Wildcats will challenge the Jacksonville Fightin' Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Whitehouse is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.

Whitehouse is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Marshall 17-2 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won nine games by ten runs or more so far this season.

Taylor Morris

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Taylor Morris made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. Those two home runs gave her a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Analee Becerra, who fired off two home runs, seven RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4. That's the most home runs she has posted over her last 14 contests. Paige Goodell was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one home run and three runs.

Whitehouse was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .552. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .316 or higher in nine consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, Jacksonville fell victim to Lufkin and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 13-0. The Fightin' Indians haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.

Jacksonville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Ramirez, who went 2-for-3 with one double.

Whitehouse's victory bumped their record up to 13-6. As for Jacksonville, their loss dropped their record down to 4-11.

Everything went Whitehouse's way against Jacksonville when the teams last played back in April of 2022, as Whitehouse made off with a 13-4 win. Does Whitehouse have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jacksonville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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