The Crawford County Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Howard Huskies at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Crawford County is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Wednesday, Crawford County came up short against Peach County and fell 5-2. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly three runs.
Howard never got on the board in their matchup on Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Westside on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with an 18-0 win. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by seven runs or more this season.
Abby Davis made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out ten batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Davis was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple.
In other batting news, Howard got a massive performance out of Jakeria Jackson, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Janesia Jackson, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Howard always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .567. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 31.1% earlier this season, but in their last ten games they've averaged 48.9%.
Crawford County's defeat dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Howard, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-13 record.
Everything went Crawford County's way against Howard in their previous meeting back in August as Crawford County made off with a 12-0 win. Will Crawford County repeat their success, or does Howard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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