The S & S Consolidated Rams will take on the Howe Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. S & S Consolidated is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
S & S Consolidated's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over Gunter.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Howe and Pottsboro meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Tuesday. The Bulldogs were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over the Cardinals.
Riley McCollum made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most runs she has posted since back in February.
In other batting news, Samantha Fuhr and Kamry Snapp did most of the damage at the plate: Fuhr scored two runs while going 1-for-3, while Snapp scored a run while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Snapp a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Taylor Brunner, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
S & S Consolidated's victory was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-0. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team's won by an average of 10.2 runs thus far. As for Howe, their win bumped their record up to 6-15.
Everything went S & S Consolidated's way against Howe when the teams last played back in March, as S & S Consolidated made off with a 21-0 victory. Do the Rams have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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