The Sulphur Bluff Bears will face off against the Celeste Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Sulphur Bluff has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Celeste will come in with four straight victories.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Sulphur Bluff's offense. They lost 14-0 to Celeste on Tuesday.
For Celeste's part, Madilen Fronterhouse made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave Fronterhouse a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one home run. That home run was her first of the season.
In other batting news, Mya Mainord was a standout: she scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. MaddieClaire Park was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs.
Celeste lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Celeste's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-7. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing seven strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.31 in the others. As for Sulphur Bluff, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
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