Altus hasn't had much luck against Chickasha recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Altus Bulldogs will look to defend their home field against the Chickasha Fighting Chicks at 12:00 p.m. Altus is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 13.2 runs per game this season.
Altus' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 21-0 margin over Santa Fe South. The Bulldogs haven't had any issues with the Saints recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.
Griffin Marshall
| 03/11/25 vs Santa Fe South | 3 |
| 03/01/25 vs Clinton | 1 |
| 04/11/24 @ Frederick | 1 |
| 04/08/24 vs Santa Fe South | 1 |
| 03/28/24 @ Lawton | 1 |
Griffin Marshall was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (one). He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 3-for-5. Those three hits gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Jack Owenby was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Grady Grubaugh was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-1.
Altus lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Chickasha lost 7-1 to Blanchard on Thursday. The game marked the Fighting Chicks' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Chickasha saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper McKinney, who went 1-for-4 with one home run. That home run was McKinney's first of the season.
Altus' victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Chickasha, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Altus hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Chickasha struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Altus suffered a grim 18-10 defeat to Chickasha in their previous meeting back in April of 2018. Can Altus avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
