La Grange and Caldwell are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The La Grange Leopards will head out on the road to square off against the Caldwell Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as La Grange comes in on four and Caldwell on 12.
La Grange can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Taylor with a sharp 11-1 victory.
Meanwhile, Caldwell put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Smithville 9-2.
Callie Fletcher spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on six hits and racked up 14 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Kamryn Hill was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-3. Kelly Urbanovsky was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
La Grange is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Caldwell, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-8.
La Grange couldn't quite finish off Caldwell in their previous matchup back in March and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fletcher, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 15 over 7.2 innings pitched. Now that La Grange 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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