The Oak Ridge War Eagles will square off against the Lake Travis Cavaliers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Oak Ridge will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Oak Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Wylie with a sharp 15-4 victory on Friday. With that win, the War Eagles brought their scoring average up to 7.2 runs per game.
Ella Boyer
| 02/14/25 vs Wylie | 2 |
| 02/14/25 vs Judson | 2 |
| 02/13/25 vs Brennan | 1 |
Oak Ridge got a massive performance out of Ella Boyer, who fired off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-3. Boyer has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Adrienne Thompson, who went a perfect4-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI.
Boyer wasn't the only one working in the home run department: Oak Ridge lost a few balls and finished the game with four home runs. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their home run total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Lake Travis came up short against Pearland on Friday and fell 7-4.
Ella Smith was cooking despite her team's loss, going a perfect1-for-1 with one home run. She also hit a hit, marking her first of the season.
Lake Travis now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Oak Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Oak Ridge hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Lake Travis struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Oak Ridge was able to grind out a solid win over Lake Travis in their previous meeting back in February of 2016, winning 7-2. Will Oak Ridge repeat their success, or does Lake Travis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
