The Kell Longhorns will venture away from home to face off against the Cambridge Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cambridge is hoping to do what Blessed Trinity couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Kell's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Kell blew past Blessed Trinity 9-2.
Meanwhile, Cambridge came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Knights a 12-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Bears have won by exactly 12 runs.
Cambridge got a great performance from Eve Roszkowski as she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Roszkowski has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Anna Setterlind, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Becker, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cambridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .545. The last time their OBP was this high was back in August of 2023.
Kell is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Cambridge, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2.
Kell might still be hurting after the 10-4 loss they got from Cambridge when the teams last played on August 15th. Can Kell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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