For the second straight game, Stephenville will face off against Springtown. The Yellow Jackets/Honeybees will take on the Porcupines at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Stephenville heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Thursday. They took a 12-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of Springtown.
For Springtown's part, Kylee Spray was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Spray has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 14 consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in March.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Addyson Fyffe, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Fagan, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two runs.
Springtown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Stephenville only posted a batting average of .200.
Springtown is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 21 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Stephenville, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-14-1.
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