After three games on the road, Kell is heading back home. They will welcome the Cambridge Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Kell's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Blessed Trinity as Kell made off with a 9-0 victory. Considering the Longhorns have won four contests by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Cambridge waltzed into their game on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 12-0 win. That looming 12-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Bears yet this season.
Lily Kimball looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Claire Meeks was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. That stolen base was she's first for the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Setterlind, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cambridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .519. The last time their OBP was this high was back in August of 2023.
Kell's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Cambridge, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
Kell beat Cambridge 4-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Kell repeat their success, or does Cambridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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