The Logansport Berries will head out on the road to take on the Kokomo Wildkats at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Kokomo took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Logansport, who comes in off a win.
Kokomo is hoping to do on Wednesday what Carroll couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Logansport's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Logansport came out on top against Carroll by a score of 5-0. Give Logansport's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Not much got past Natalee Packard, who gave up just three hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Carroll off the board. Packard has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Logansport's victory was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kellyn Cripe, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Kokomo unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 12-3 to Western.
Kinley Martin was cooking despite her team's loss, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Dani Tate was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Logansport has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Kokomo, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Logansport hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Kokomo struggles in that department as they've been averaging 1. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Logansport came out on top in a nail-biter against Kokomo in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 7-6. Will Logansport repeat their success, or does Kokomo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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