The Hallsville Indians are taking a road trip to take on the Centralia Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Hallsville sitting on three straight victories and Centralia on seven.
Hallsville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Fatima, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Hallsville was ranked 21st). Hallsville narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Fatima 2-1.
Brianne Wildenhain spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits.
On the hitting side, Hallsville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ayla Cummings, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
North Callaway typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Centralia proved too difficult a challenge. They were the clear victor by a 12-2 margin over the Thunderbirds. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by seven runs or more this season.
Hallsville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Centralia, they pushed their record up to 22-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Hallsville couldn't quite finish off Centralia in their previous matchup on Saturday and fell 4-2. Can Hallsville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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