The Ridge Point Panthers will square off against the Katy Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ridge Point's tournament run continued when they took on Stratford on Friday. Ridge Point put the hurt on Stratford with a sharp 7-1 win. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Spartans recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Katy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 5-4 W against the Rams.
Katy pushed their record up to 3-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Ridge Point, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Ridge Point came out on top in a nail-biter against Katy when the teams last played back in February of 2024, sneaking past 2-0. Will Ridge Point repeat their success, or does Katy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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