The Orange Beach Makos will face off against the Brookwood Panthers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Orange Beach 1.3, Brookwood 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Orange Beach is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Sparkman, who was ranked eighth at the time (Orange Beach was ranked first). The Makos blew past the Senators 13-1 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Makos, who have now won 23 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
MK McMullan looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Katie King and Ava Hodo did most of the damage at the plate: King went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI, while Hodo went 3-for-4 with one home run and four RBI. That's the most RBI Hodo has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayde Palmer, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs.
Meanwhile, Brookwood narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Sparkman 5-4.
Brookwood is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 19 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 31-12 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Orange Beach, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 31-2.
Orange Beach took their victory against Brookwood when the teams last played back in April of 2021 by a conclusive 10-0 score. Will the Makos repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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