The Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs will be playing in front of their home fans against the El Paso-Gridley Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Deer Creek-Mackinaw has six straight wins, El Paso-Gridley has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Midwest Central/Illini Central by a score of 3-0.
The result came thanks to Kenzie Knowles's shutout, as she gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Deer Creek-Mackinaw's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lexi Cottingham, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, El Paso-Gridley came up short against Herscher on Thursday and fell 12-8.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for El Paso-Gridley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw took their win against El Paso-Gridley when the teams last played back in April by a conclusive 8-1. Does Deer Creek-Mackinaw have another victory up their sleeve, or will El Paso-Gridley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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