The Skyline Tigers will take on the Diamond Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Skyline will come into the game with an undefeated record on the line.
Skyline is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Lockwood, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Skyline was ranked first). Skyline won by a run and slipped past Lockwood 2-1.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Diamond challenged Miller on Tuesday. The Wildcats fell just short of the Cardinals by a score of 10-8. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by exactly two runs.
Diamond saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenzie Crook, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Anna Roszell was another, scoring three runs while going 1-for-4.
Skyline's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-0. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Diamond, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-3.
Skyline couldn't quite finish off Diamond when the teams last played back in May of 2022 and fell 6-4. Will the Tigers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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