Ashdown is 6-1 against Malvern since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Ashdown Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Malvern Leopards at 5:00 p.m. Ashdown is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
Ashdown can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Arkadelphia as Ashdown made off with a 9-3 win.
The team relied heavily on Caleb Blankenship, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Leeland Garrett, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Malvern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They fell just short of De Queen by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Malvern couldn't push the score so high this time.
Ashdown is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Malvern, their loss dropped their record down to 1-15.
Ashdown took their victory against Malvern in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 17-7. Does Ashdown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Malvern turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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