The Napavine Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Adna Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Napavine sitting on five straight wins and Adna on eight.
Napavine will head into Monday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run they dealt Rainier on Monday. Napavine blew past Rainier 21-11. Napavine might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four matchups by ten runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Adna put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They never let Onalaska onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. That's two games straight that Adna has won by exactly ten runs.
Ava Simms made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Simms has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Simms was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Danika Hallom was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Kendall Humphrey, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Napavine's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for Adna, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Napavine might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Adna in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Napavine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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