The Baker Gators have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Walton Braves at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Baker is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
Last Friday, Baker had just enough and edged Pensacola Catholic out 4-3.
Baker's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was JENA FEDORAK, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was EMILY WHIDDON, who scored a run and stole two bases.
Meanwhile, Walton didn't have quite enough to beat Ponce De Leon on Monday and fell 2-1. Walton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Even though they lost, Walton didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Baker is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Walton, their loss dropped their record down to 9-11.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Baker has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Walton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Baker suffered a grim 15-1 defeat to Walton in their previous meeting on April 1st. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Walton's Raina Pitts, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Now that Baker knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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