The Kingwood Park Panthers will challenge the Melissa Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Kingwood Park: 3.2, Melissa: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Kingwood Park heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Thursday. They fell just short of Melissa by a score of 7-6.
For Melissa's part, they got a great performance from Eloisa Maes as she struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Maes has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Caigan Crabtree, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Hutton(Lulu) Adrian, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Kingwood Park's defeat dropped their record down to 23-12. As for Melissa, the win was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 31-2-1.
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