The Newsome Wolves will venture away from home to challenge the Sumner Stingrays at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Newsome is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
If Newsome beats Sumner with five runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Newsome had just enough and edged out Wharton 5-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wolves have posted since February 26th.
Allyson Conner tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Arriana N Williams and Ashley Nordberg did most of the damage at the plate: Williams scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-5, while Nordberg scored two runs while going 2-for-5. Those two runs gave Nordberg a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Amaya Nunez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 15 runs the game before, Sumner was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Durant by a score of 2-1.
Sumner saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sa'Myra Cameron, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Cameron also hit a double, marking her first of the season.
Newsome's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Sumner, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
Newsome came up short against Sumner when the teams last played back in February, falling 8-5. Can Newsome avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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