The Buckhorn Bucks will venture away from home to square off against the Ardmore Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Buckhorn will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Buckhorn took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Everything went their way against Scottsboro as they made off with a 13-3 victory. Considering the Bucks have won 15 matches by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Buckhorn got a great performance from Chloe Helton as she pitched five innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits.
Milliegh Kate Byrd
| 04/07/25 vs Scottsboro | 4 |
| 03/24/25 @ Madison County | 3 |
| 03/20/25 @ Mae Jemison | 3 |
| 02/28/25 @ Bob Jones | 3 |
| 02/28/25 vs Central | 3 |
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Milliegh Kate Byrd, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Katie Hastings, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Ardmore narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Paducah Tilghman 7-5.
Buckhorn has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 17-11-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.1 runs over those games. As for Ardmore, they pushed their record up to 17-10-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Buckhorn couldn't quite get it done against Ardmore in their previous meeting back in February as they fell 4-1. Can the Bucks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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