The Pine Creek Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Douglas County Huskies at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Pine Creek beats Douglas County with 14 runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Everything went Pine Creek's way against Doherty on Thursday as Pine Creek made off with a 14-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
While Douglas County didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They were the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Denver East on Wednesday. Considering the Huskies have won seven games by more than eight runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Carly Sachs was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Reese Bowman was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Grace Huber was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Douglas County kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now hit at least ten hits in eight consecutive contests.
The win got Pine Creek back to even at 7-7. As for Douglas County, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
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