The Aurora Houn Dawgs will head out to square off against the Cassville Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Aurora is no doubt hoping to put an end to a 14-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Aurora is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They came up short against Logan-Rogersville on Monday, falling 24-15. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (12), the Houn Dawgs still had to take the loss.
Aubrey Simpson stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: she scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in six of her seven plate appearances. 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 dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Avery Mork, who scored three runs while getting on base in five of her seven plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Aurora always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .581. The last time their OBP was this high was since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Cassville didn't have quite enough to beat Monett on Thursday and fell 4-3.
Aurora's defeat dropped their record down to 2-21. As for Cassville, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11.
Aurora suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Cassville in their previous meeting back in September. Can Aurora avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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