The Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls will venture away from home to face off against the Coldspring-Oakhurst Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Anderson-Shiro's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Onalaska as Anderson-Shiro made off with a 17-0 win. The victory continues a trend for the Fighting Owls in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won six in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Coldspring-Oakhurst). They blew past Crockett 20-2 on Friday. Considering the Trojans have won six games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Trinity Rosales made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. She has been consistent : she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. That's the most doubles she has posted since back in March of 2024.
In other batting news, Ashney Minor was a standout: she scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. Those three stolen bases gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Krissie Bennett, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Coldspring-Oakhurst kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 16 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Crockett only managed four hits.
Anderson-Shiro pushed their record up to 3-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Coldspring-Oakhurst, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-6.
Anderson-Shiro was able to grind out a solid victory over Coldspring-Oakhurst when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 9-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Anderson-Shiro since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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