The West Fork Tigers will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Prairie Grove Tigers at 5:00 p.m. West Fork will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
West Fork's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Bergman with a sharp 18-0 win. That 18 run margin sets a new team best for West Fork this season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Prairie Grove ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They skirted past Huntsville 9-7. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Prairie Grove.
Calley Lowery spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned (and one unearned) runs on ten hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Ivey Sparkman was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and three doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Kinnison Hamilton, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.
West Fork's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-13. As for Prairie Grove, their win bumped their record up to 6-21.
West Fork suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Prairie Grove when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Prairie Grove's Angelina Petersen, who struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Now that West Fork knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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