The Houston Mustangs will be playing at home against the St. Benedict at Auburndale Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Wednesday, Houston fell victim to a rough 13-4 defeat at the hands of Tipton-Rosemark Academy. Houston has struggled against Tipton-Rosemark Academy recently, as their match on Wednesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Maci Frederick made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Benedict at Auburndale entered their tilt with Briarcrest Christian with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Saints a 5-0 shutout on Monday. That's two games straight that St. Benedict at Auburndale has won by exactly five runs.
Not much got past Jorja Wheeler, who gave up just one hit and racked up 12 Ks to keep Briarcrest Christian off the board. Wheeler has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 16 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Charlee Smith was excellent, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabel Henderson, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Houston's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7. As for St. Benedict at Auburndale, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8-1 record this season.
Houston came up short against St. Benedict at Auburndale when the teams last played on Friday, falling 9-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wheeler, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that Houston knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
