Iberia is 10-0 against Newburg since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Iberia Rangers will welcome the Newburg Wolves at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Iberia has three straight victories, Newburg has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Iberia is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Laquey onto the board and left with a 17-0 win on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Rangers, who have now won nine matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Kinlee Cochran made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
In other batting news, Iberia got a massive performance out of Kya Yoakum, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Chloe Edwards, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and a triple.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Iberia was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .458. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 42.5%.
Meanwhile, while it was Newburg who put the first points on the board on Thursday, it was Crocker who put up more. Newburg lost 24-10 to Crocker. Even if the Wolves couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
McKenna Suschanke made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Dyer, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 1-for-3.
Iberia's win bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Newburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything went Iberia's way against Newburg in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Iberia made off with a 20-0 victory. Will Iberia repeat their success, or does Newburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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