Kouts is 0-10 against South Central since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Kouts Mustangs & Fillies are on the road again to play the South Central Satellites at 4:30 a.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Kouts was able to grind out a solid victory over Knox, taking the game 8-4.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, South Central gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand North Judson-San Pierre a 7-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but South Central sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Lexi Johnson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Johnson has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Johnson was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Marlee Cavinder was incredible, firing off two home runs, three RBI, and a double while going 3-for-3.
Kouts' victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-8. As for South Central, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season.
Kouts suffered a grim 11-4 defeat to South Central in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Johnson, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Kouts knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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