Pocola has gone 10-0 against Wilburton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Pocola Indians will be staying on the road to face off against the Wilburton Diggers at 4:30 p.m. Pocola is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
Pocola is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oklahoma's top teams: Pryor, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Pocola was ranked 11th). Pocola's pitcher stepped up to hand Pryor a 5-0 shutout on Thursday.
The result came thanks to Allyssa Parker's shutout, as she gave up just one hit and racked up eight Ks. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.1 strikeouts per game.
On the hitting side, Lety Parga was excellent, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaydence Batt, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Pocola didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 8.
Meanwhile, Wilburton had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 6-1.
Pocola pushed their record up to 14-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Wilburton, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-10 record this season.
Pocola took their win against Wilburton in their previous matchup on August 15th by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pocola since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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