The Palisades Pumas will challenge the Alexander Central Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Palisades has given up an average of 9 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Palisades is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Ardrey Kell on Thursday. They lost 19-2 to the Knights. The defeat continues a trend for the Pumas in their meetings with the Knights: they've now lost six in a row.
Palisades saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gracie Goodrich, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, Alexander Central entered their tilt with Freedom last Thursday with 18 consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with 19. They never let the Patriots get on the board and left with an 18-0 win. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Alexander Central pushed their record up to 22-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.2 runs over those games. As for Palisades, their loss dropped their record down to 11-13.
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