A feisty cat fight will be fought as the Wildcats duke it out with the Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Oakman: 3, Collinsville: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
If Oakman beats Collinsville with four runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Oakman's pitchers stepped up to hand Dora a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Tucker Wilcutt and Brady Jones made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Wilcutt didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only a hit over six innings pitched. Meanwhile, Jones pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He is becoming a predictor of Oakman's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is undefeated (and 3-4 when he doesn't). At bat, Wilcutt went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double, while Jones scored a run and stole a base. That double was Wilcutt's first of the season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Hampton Hall, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Collinsville's undefeated season came to an end after four games on Tuesday. They took a 9-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Etowah. The loss was the Panthers' first of the season.
Collinsville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gavin Lang, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Having lost for the first time this season, Collinsville fell to 4-1. As for Oakman, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4.
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