The Cross County Thunderbirds will take on the Tuckerman Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cross County has given up an average of 7.6 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Monday just wasn't the day for Cross County's offense. They came up short against Westside on Monday, falling 17-0. Having soared to a lofty 21 runs in the game before, the Thunderbirds' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Tuckerman had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.9 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Monday. They never let the Bears get on the board and left with a 16-0 victory. Give the Bulldogs' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Zaylie Poe was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of McKinzy Hutchison, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.
Tuckerman was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .588. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .314 or higher in seven consecutive matchups.
Tuckerman's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Cross County, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-11.
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