The Bradford Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Midland Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Bradford's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Augusta as they made off with a 17-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Red Devils: they've now won nine in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Midland). They put the hurt on Clarendon with a sharp 34-3 victory on Tuesday. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 11 runs or more this season.
Madelyn Jefford made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five). She was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Midland got a massive performance out of Kennedie Holder, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two triples, three runs, and three RBI. Those three RBI gave Holder a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Carley Piety, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs, four RBI, and two doubles.
Midland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .977. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Bradford's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Midland, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-7.
Bradford beat Midland 12-8 in their previous meeting back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles 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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