The Spring Creek Gators will challenge the Hobbton Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Spring Creek has four straight victories, Hobbton has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Spring Creek beats Hobbton with 17 runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Spring Creek never let Union get on the board and left with a 17-0 win on Tuesday. Fans of the Gators have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Meanwhile, Hobbton lost 26-6 to Heide Trask on Friday.
Madison Sinclair made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one double. That triple was her first of the season. Another player making a difference was Miley McLamb, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Spring Creek's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Hobbton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Spring Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Hobbton in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, sneaking past 12-11. Will Spring Creek repeat their success, or does Hobbton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
