The Austin Black Bears will square off against the Oakland Patriots at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Austin is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Thompson just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors.
Meanwhile, Oakland earned a 7-3 victory over Gardendale on Friday.
Kyleigh Higgs made a splash no matter where she played. She tossed five innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Higgs was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
In other batting news, Oakland let Bella Kirby and Taylor Minnick run wild. Kirby went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double, while Minnick went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs and one RBI. Jada Ellison was another key player, earning one run and two stolen bases.
Oakland was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .346 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Oakland is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-3-2 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Austin, their defeat dropped their record down to 31-13-1.
Austin was able to grind out a solid victory over Oakland when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 5-1. Do the Black Bears have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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