The Des Arc Eagles will take on the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Des Arc's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Palestine-Wheatley's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Monday, Des Arc didn't have quite enough to beat Lonoke and fell 7-6. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Emma Buckner was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in earned runs (zero). She was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with two runs.
Buckner wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Elajah REEvEs, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Another was Grace Knight, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Palestine-Wheatley got themselves on the board against Barton on Monday, but Barton never followed suit. They blew past the Bears 17-0. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won eight contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Palestine-Wheatley has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Des Arc, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-8.
Des Arc skirted past Palestine-Wheatley 1-0 in their previous meeting on April 7th. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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