The Randolph Cardinals will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Gowanda Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, Randolph needed a bit of extra time to put away Forestville Central. They had just enough and edged the Hornets out 7-6.
Meanwhile, Gowanda stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Forestville Central a 10-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Gowanda.
Addison Kota made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. Kota has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Kota was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Gowanda let Corrina John and Holland Browning loose on the outfield. John scored three runs while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances, while Browning scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Ella Luther, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Randolph is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-8 record this season. As for Gowanda, their victory bumped their record up to 12-2.
Randolph came up short against Gowanda in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kota, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Now that Randolph knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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