The Rison Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Star City Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Rison put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 17-6 margin over Glen Rose.
Rison let Amelia Stewart and Mackenzie King loose on the outfield. Stewart scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3, while King scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlie Crain, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Star City put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Everything went their way against Hamburg as Star City made off with a 13-3 win.
Kendal Jones tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Star City got a massive performance out of Chaselyn Blasengame, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Lilly Weast was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Rison has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Star City, the victory got them back to even at 6-6.
Rison couldn't quite finish off Star City in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 and fell 5-3. Can Rison avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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