Kingwood Park is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Huntsville is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Kingwood Park Panthers will take on the Huntsville Hornets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Kingwood Park: 3, Huntsville: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, Kingwood Park made easy work of Nacogdoches and carried off a 7-1 win.
Meanwhile, Huntsville owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over Lufkin.
Jaelynn Duke made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Duke has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 12 consecutive pitching appearances. Duke was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two doubles.
Duke wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Aariss McHale, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Kingwood Park has been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Huntsville, their win bumped their record up to 23-4.
Kingwood Park came up short against Huntsville when the teams last played back in March, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Duke, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that Kingwood Park knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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