The Southwestern Heights Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Stanton County Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Southwestern Heights sitting on eight straight victories and Stanton County on three.
Southwestern Heights will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Cimarron, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Mustangs' pitchers stepped up to hand the Bluejays an 8-0 shutout on Friday. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Stanton County got the win against Ulysses on Thursday by a conclusive 16-5. The Trojans are also no stranger to big wins: their blowout was the sixth matchup they've won by 6+ runs this season.
Kaydence McCleary was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up five earned runs off six hits. McCleary was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Kynzi Fehringer and Sidney Parks did most of the damage at the plate: Fehringer scored three runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-5, while Parks scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases Parks has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Miravete, who went 3-for-4 with one home run and four RBI.
Stanton County kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 16 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits in three consecutive games.
Stanton County's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Southwestern Heights, their record is now 8-0.
Southwestern Heights suffered a grim 24-8 defeat to Stanton County in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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