The Douglas County Huskies will square off against the Pine Creek Eagles at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
While Douglas County didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They were the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Denver East on Wednesday. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by nine runs or more this season.
Carly Sachs made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Reese Bowman was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Grace Huber was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Douglas County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Pine Creek won against Vista Ridge on Tuesday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Everything went Pine Creek's way against Doherty as Pine Creek made off with a 14-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Douglas County is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Pine Creek, they pushed their record up to 7-7 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
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