Waverly Central is 2-8 against Creek Wood since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Waverly Central Tigers are on the road again to play the Creek Wood Red Hawks at 5:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Waverly Central: 3.8, Creek Wood: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
In what's become a running theme this season, Waverly Central gave their fans yet another huge win on Saturday. They blew past Brighton 19-7. Waverly Central's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Creek Wood waltzed into their game on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 9-4. Nine seems to be a good number for Creek Wood as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Kendal Bryant was a standout: she scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last five games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Hamm, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Waverly Central is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Creek Wood, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-3.
Waverly Central came up short against Creek Wood in their previous matchup back in March, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Creek Wood's Elizabeth Martin, who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits. Now that Waverly Central knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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