The Hutto Hippos are taking a road trip to square off against the Stony Point Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hutto is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Hutto proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 15) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Vista Ridge 3-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Hippos have posted since April 16, 2024.
Hutto saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayda Gallegos, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double. Makayla Martinez also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Stony Point entered their tilt with Round Rock Westwood on Tuesday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Warriors a 10-0 shutout. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by seven runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Kali Winner, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in triples (two). Brianna Moreno was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Stony Point was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .320 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Hutto is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a massive bump to their 5-9 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.17 hits in those games compared to only 4.13 in the others. Stony Point pushed their record up to 13-4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Hutto couldn't quite finish off Stony Point in their previous meeting back in February and fell 10-8. Can Hutto avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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