The Springs Valley Blackhawks will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Rock Creek Academy Lions at 6:00 p.m. Neither Springs Valley nor Rock Creek Academy posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Springs Valley's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Loogootee 1-0.
Lily Hickman made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out ten over eight innings pitched. Hickman has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season. Hickman was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Hickman wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Karson Dalton, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Rock Creek Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 19-0 walloping at the hands of South Central.
Springs Valley pushed their record up to 4-3 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Rock Creek Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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