The Calumet Chieftains will face off against the Washington Warriors at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Calumet nor Washington posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Calumet's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fort Cobb-Broxton on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Chieftains in their meetings with the Mustangs: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Washington, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Woodward a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Warriors have posted since March 18th.
Jonathen Montoya tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, Washington saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was LD Vinzant, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Washington's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-5. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Calumet, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3-1.
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