The Tates Creek Commodores will challenge the Pike County Central Hawks at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Tates Creek is returning to their home field after beating George Rogers Clark on theirs, despite the fact George Rogers Clark has dominated at home this season. The Commodores walked away with a 7-2 win over the Cardinals on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Commodores in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now won five in a row.
Alexis Sempsrott made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off ten hits. Sempsrott was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
In other batting news, Alexis Bazzell was incredible, going 2-for-4 with one home run and one stolen base. That home run marked the first that she has launched this season. Another player making a difference was Kylie Howell, who went 2-for-3 with three runs and one double.
Meanwhile, Pike County Central had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with an 11-7 win over the Blackcats.
Pike County Central's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-6. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Tates Creek, they picked up their first road victory, bumping their record up to 5-12.
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