Ball is 0-10 against Manvel since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Ball Tornadoes will be playing in front of their home fans against the Manvel Mavericks at 6:30 p.m.
Ball was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 12-0 walloping at the hands of Texas City.
Meanwhile, Manvel had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bulldogs and snuck past 4-2. Four seems to be a good number for Manvel as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ryley Nihart spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on five hits and racked up 12 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Hannah Comeaux, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jaylie Miller, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Ball's loss dropped their record down to 7-19. As for Manvel, they pushed their record up to 18-8-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Ball couldn't quite finish off Manvel in their previous matchup back in March and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nihart, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 17 over seven innings pitched. Now that Ball 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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