The Timber Creek Wolves will challenge the Winter Park Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Timber Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let University onto the board and left with a 15-0 win. The victory was nothing new for Timber Creek as they're now sitting on three straight.
Olivia Laskowitz was a standout: she scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Jenelly Romero, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last matchup, Winter Park made sure to put some runs up on the board against Colonial on Tuesday. Winter Park blew past Colonial 11-0.
Rylie Scanlon made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Scanlon was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Isabel Otero, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Hailey Johnson was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Timber Creek has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Winter Park, their win bumped their record up to 13-10.
Timber Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Winter Park in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 7-5. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Scanlon, who struck out seven batters over eight innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Timber Creek still be able to contain Scanlon? There's only one way to find out.
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