Kell has won five straight games at home, while Cambridge has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Kell Longhorns will welcome the Cambridge Bears at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kell's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Centennial 8-0.
Meanwhile, Cambridge made easy work of Centennial on Tuesday and carried off a 12-0 win.
Lily Kimball looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Lola Phipps was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Anna Setterlind, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cambridge hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in ten consecutive matchups.
Kell has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Cambridge, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 16-3.
Kell was able to grind out a solid win over Cambridge when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 8-4. Will Kell repeat their success, or does Cambridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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