The Tom Bean Tomcats will face off against the New Home Leopards at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Tom Bean sitting on five straight victories and New Home on ten.
Tom Bean is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Alvord an 11-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tomcats, who have now won 20 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Cash Linder was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Linder was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double.
In other batting news, Hagen Darney was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Donnie Hooten, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Tom Bean always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .531 or higher in three consecutive contests.
New Deal typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday New Home proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 6-2 win over the Lions.
Tom Bean pushed their record up to 26-8 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for New Home, their victory bumped their record up to 28-5-1.
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