The Moody Bearcats will venture away from home to square off against the Poolville Monarchs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Moody's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Monday. They blew past Bruceville-Eddy 10-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bearcats.
Zayden Heaton
Zayden Heaton was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Moody is 2-1 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 3-9 otherwise. Heaton was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one double. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March of 2024.
In other batting news, Logan Croft was excellent, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Haven Heaton, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and one run.
Moody was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Poolville got the win against Perrin-Whitt on Monday by a conclusive 12-2. Considering the Monarchs have won nine matchups by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Poolville pushed their record up to 15-7 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Moody, they picked up their first home victory, bumping their record up to 5-10.
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