A feisty cat fight will be fought as Kirbyville Wildcats challenge Anahuac Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Kirbyville is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Anahuac's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Monday: Kirbyville hadn't allowed a single run the last five times they've hit the field. Kirbyville put the hurt on Hardin with a sharp 10-0 win on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won ten games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Anahuac was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Orangefield. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their meetings with the Bobcats: they've now lost four in a row.
Anahuac saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Keeley Butler, who went 1-for-3 with one triple. That triple marked the first that Butler hit this season.
Anahuac's defeat dropped their record down to 13-3-2. As for Kirbyville, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.
Everything went Kirbyville's way against Anahuac in their previous meeting back in February, as Kirbyville made off with a 14-4 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Kirbyville since the team 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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