Archer City and Petrolia are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Archer City Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Petrolia Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Archer City is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Archer City had to settle for a 10-9 loss against Graford. That's two games in a row now that Archer City has lost by just one run.
Addison Canada was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She struck out ten batters over 7.2 innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off nine hits (and only one walk). Canada has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Canada was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Jocelyn Tedrow was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Brilee Canada, who scored three runs while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Archer City didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Graford only tossed six.
Meanwhile, Petrolia had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They blew past Chico 21-3. The win was just what Petrolia needed coming off of a 17-5 defeat in their prior contest.
Archer City now has a losing record at 11-12-1. As for Petrolia, their victory bumped their record up to 5-7.
Archer City beat Petrolia 8-5 in their previous meeting back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Archer City since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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