The Red Oak Hawks will take on the Spring Hill Panthers in a tournament on Saturday.
Rockwall-Heath hit Red Oak with a five-run second inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. Red Oak lost 8-2 to Rockwall-Heath. The contest marked Red Oak's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Spring Hill waltzed into their matchup on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They blew past the Volunteers 13-1. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.
Lila Peters made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts she has posted over her last eight games. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI.
In other batting news, Spring Hill let Peyton Dees and Brylee Duckworth run wild. Dees got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs, while Duckworth went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Dees has been hot, having posted two or more stolen bases the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Laityn Chism, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Spring Hill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .609. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in 13 consecutive matchups.
Spring Hill's record now sits at 14-5. As for Red Oak, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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