The Chouteau-Mazie Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Pocola Indians at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Chouteau-Mazie barely beat Mounds the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Wildcats were the clear victors by a 17-4 margin over the Golden Eagles on Tuesday. The Wildcats have beaten the Golden Eagles the last seven times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Golden Eagles has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Pocola got themselves on the board against Whitesboro last Wednesday, but Whitesboro never followed suit. They blew past the Bulldogs 12-0. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won five games by six runs or more so far this season.
Chouteau-Mazie's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-12. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Pocola, their victory bumped their record up to 7-9.
Everything went Chouteau-Mazie's way against Pocola in their previous meeting back in April of 2018, as Chouteau-Mazie made off with a 13-5 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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