The A&M Consolidated Tigers will be playing at home against the Lake Creek Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (A&M Consolidated: 3.6, Lake Creek: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
A&M Consolidated stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Rudder an 11-0 shutout. The victory was just what A&M Consolidated needed coming off of an 11-0 loss in their prior contest.
Reagan Johnson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Johnson has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season. Johnson was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
In other batting news, Brooklyn Gidley and Peyton Valentine did most of the damage at the plate: Gidley scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Valentine went 2-for-4 with two triples, four RBI, and two runs. Emma Ford was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Lake Creek entered their tilt with Brenham with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They had just enough and edged the Cubs out 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for Lake Creek as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
A&M Consolidated pushed their record up to 14-3 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs per game. As for Lake Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
A&M Consolidated suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Lake Creek when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for A&M Consolidated, Ava Brown (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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