The Orange Beach Makos will take on the Central Red Devils at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Orange Beach has 23 straight wins, Central has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Orange Beach's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Prattville Christian Academy 9-0. Fans of the Makos have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
The result came thanks to MK McMullan's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
Taylor Poland
| 03/06/26 vs Prattville Christian Academy | 2 |
| 03/06/26 vs Smiths Station | 1 |
| 03/05/26 @ Spanish Fort | 1 |
| 03/03/26 @ Fairhope | 1 |
| 02/27/26 @ Northview | 1 |
| + 6 more games |
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Taylor Poland, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and two runs. That's the most hits she has posted since back in May of 2025. The team also got some help courtesy of Teagan Revette, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Orange Beach was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .474. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in 23 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Central didn't have quite enough to beat Beauregard on Thursday and fell 5-4.
Orange Beach's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Central, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Orange Beach was able to grind out a solid win over Central in their previous meeting back in March of 2025, winning 5-0. Do the Makos have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Red Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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