The Horn Jaguars will venture away from home to square off against the Cedar Hill Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Horn is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Horn is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 21 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Duncanville on Tuesday. They lost 9-1 to the Panthers and Pantherettes.
Horn saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zoie Armstrong, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cedar Hill). They put the hurt on DeSoto with a sharp 24-11 victory on Tuesday. The win was some much needed relief for the Longhorns as it spelled an end to their seven-game losing streak.
Lily WILLIAMS was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up four earned (and seven unearned) runs off six hits. Those hits marked the first that she allowed this season. She was even better at the plate, scoring five runs and stealing Five bases. while going 5-for-6.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jazliene Malone, who went 4-for-6 with four runs, two stolen bases, and four RBI. Those four runs gave her a new career-high.
Cedar Hill always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Horn's loss dropped their record down to 12-9-1. As for Cedar Hill, their victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 3-14.
Horn took their win against Cedar Hill when the teams last played back in March of 2022 by a conclusive 15-7. Does Horn have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cedar Hill turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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