The Kountze Lions are on the road again on Friday to play the Grandview Zebras at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kountze is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Van Vleck as Kountze made off with a 7-1 win. Seven seems to be a good number for Kountze as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
McKinley Rowinsky was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up just one earned run off eight hits. Rowinsky has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rowinsky was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Emily Smith was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Kitty Coe was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Grandview had already won 22 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it 23 on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 12-4 win. Grandview's victory was all the more impressive since Lexington was averaging only 3.79 runs allowed on the season.
Kountze is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 22 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 36-5 record this season. As for Grandview, their win was their 13th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 27-2.
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