The Timber Creek Falcons are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Southlake Carroll Dragons at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Timber Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Frenship as Timber Creek made off with a 10-4 win. Timber Creek's victory was all the more impressive since Frenship was averaging only 3.04 runs allowed on the season.
Timber Creek got a great performance from Taylor Serio as she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched. Serio has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Shae Stone, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. Another player making a difference was Isabella Bojkovic, who went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Southlake Carroll stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 14-5 margin over Montwood. The win was nothing new for Southlake Carroll as they're now sitting on five straight.
Sinclaire Robinson tossed a big game, tossing 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Sammy Petkus was a standout: she went 3-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Scarlett Kuhn, who went 4-for-5 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Timber Creek is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-14-2 record this season. As for Southlake Carroll, their victory bumped their record up to 31-7.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Timber Creek hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Southlake Carroll struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Timber Creek might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from Southlake Carroll when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Robinson, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Now that Timber Creek 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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