The Lubbock T Titans will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Hermleigh Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Lubbock T is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 18 runs on March 6th, they were much more limited against O'Donnell on Monday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 22-1.
Meanwhile, Hermleigh entered their tilt with Hamlin on Tuesday with ten consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with 11. They put the hurt on the Pied Pipers with a sharp 15-1 victory. 15 seems to be a good number for the Cardinals as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Peyton Miller made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the first time she hasn't allowed a single hit since March 1st. She was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Hermleigh let Hallie Ellerbe and Brooklyn O'Quin run wild. Ellerbe scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while O'Quin scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. That's the most runs O'Quin has posted since March 1st. Kolbie Campbell also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.
Hermleigh was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .412. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hamlin only posted a batting average of .100.
Hermleigh pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.7 runs over those games. As for Lubbock T, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Lubbock T suffered a grim 22-7 defeat to Hermleigh in their previous meeting back in April of 2018. Can Lubbock T avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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