A feisty cat fight will be fought as Mendenhall Tigers take on Forest Bearcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Mendenhall's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Forest has been banged up by eight consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Mendenhall is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Forest on Tuesday as Mendenhall made off with a 26-2 victory. Considering the Tigers have won eight matchups by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kimora Bouldin made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. That's the fewest hits she has allowed since back in March of 2024. She was even better at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI, one triple, and one run. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in March of 2024.
| 03/18/25 @ Forest | 4 |
| 02/27/25 vs Forest Hill | 3 |
| 02/15/24 @ Magee | 3 |
| 04/09/24 vs Morton | 2 |
| 03/26/24 vs Quitman | 2 |
In other batting news, Mendenhall got a massive performance out of Tatum Berry, who fired off two home runs and four runs while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance gave Berry a new career-high in runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Alli Brewer, who scored four runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Mendenhall always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Mendenhall is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. Forest's loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
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