The Rockport-Fulton Pirates will square off against the Ingleside Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Rockport-Fulton sitting on six straight victories and Ingleside on four.
While Rockport-Fulton's win against Calhoun wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Pirates never let the Sandcrabs get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Friday.
Meanwhile, Ingleside got the win against Jones on Friday by a conclusive 11-5. Considering the Mustangs have won 13 matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kylee Ward spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Ingleside let Leilani Smith and Mattie Agnew run wild. Smith scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5, while Agnew went 2-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. Those three RBI gave Agnew a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Avery Adame, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: Ingleside lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Rockport-Fulton pushed their record up to 23-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Ingleside, their win bumped their record up to 21-8.
Rockport-Fulton came out on top in a nail-biter against Ingleside when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 1-0. Will the Pirates repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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