The Poyen Indians will challenge the Woodlawn Bears at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Poyen is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Gurdon on Wednesday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Go-Devils.
Meanwhile, Woodlawn waltzed into their match on Tuesday with 12 straight wins... but they left with 13. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Panthers a 5-0 shutout.
Lillie McWhorter was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 19 over seven innings pitched. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 11.5 strikeouts per game. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
In other batting news, Kathryn Dixon was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kendall Tooke, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Woodlawn pushed their record up to 22-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Poyen, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
Poyen couldn't quite get it done against Woodlawn when the teams last played back in March of 2024 as they fell 7-2. Can the Indians avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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