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| 03/12/24 - Away | 7-5 W |
| 03/12/24 - Away | 7-3 W |
| 03/14/23 - Home | 1-3 L |
| 03/14/23 - Home | 3-2 W |
| 03/16/22 - Away | 13-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
Greenwood has gone 9-1 against Russellville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. Greenwood will head out on the road to face off against Russellville at 5:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Greenwood comes in on five and Russellville on four.
Greenwood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: DeWitt, who was ranked fifth at the time (Greenwood was ranked 17th). Greenwood walked away with an 8-4 victory over DeWitt last Saturday.
While Russellville didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Northside 15-3 on Monday. Considering the Cyclones have won four games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Brooklynn Hayes and Aribella Garcia did most of the damage at the plate: Hayes scored three runs while going 2-for-3, while Garcia scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. What's more, Garcia posted two RBI, the most she's had since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Brock, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Russellville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Greenwood's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Russellville, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
Greenwood came out on top in a nail-biter against Russellville when the teams last played back in March of 2024, sneaking past 7-5. Will Greenwood repeat their success, or does Russellville has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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