The D'Hanis Cowboys will take on the Leakey Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Leakey will be up against a hot D'Hanis team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. The Cowboys walked away with an 11-7 victory over Medina on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Leakey). They never let Knippa get on the board and left with a 25-0 win on Friday. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by seven runs or more this season.
Anna (AK) Fortner was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in ten consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with five RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those five RBI gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Leakey got a massive performance out of Katie Salazar, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs and four RBI. That's the most runs Salazar has posted since back in February. Another player making a difference was Hayden Rimkus, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Leakey always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .848. They are 13-1-1 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Leakey pushed their record up to 16-13-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.6 runs over those games. As for D'Hanis, their victory bumped their record up to 7-9.
D'Hanis came out on top in a nail-biter against Leakey when the teams last played last Tuesday, sneaking past 5-3. Will the Cowboys repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
