Hamshire-Fannett has won three straight games at home, while Liberty has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. Hamshire-Fannett will host Liberty at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Hamshire-Fannett made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Tarkington, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Hamshire-Fannett's pitchers stepped up to hand Tarkington a 13-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Jade Hill looked comfortable as she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks any time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Emily Gallier, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. That triple marked the first that she hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Braelyn Harrison, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, one triple, and one double.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty). Everything went their way against Tarkington on Friday as Liberty made off with a 15-0 win. The Panthers have beaten the Longhorns the last six times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Longhorns has come to flipping the script.
Hamshire-Fannett is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-11-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. Liberty's win bumped their record up to 15-4.
Hamshire-Fannett suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Liberty in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Hamshire-Fannett avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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