Martin is 0-3 against Guyer since February of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Martin Warriors will square off against the Guyer Wildcats. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Martin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Nimitz 16-5. Considering Martin has won 19 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sammie Scott spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 19 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Haylie Jacobs and Jaclyn Blakney did most of the damage at the plate: Jacobs scored three runs while going 2-for-4, while Blakney scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Izabella Martinez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Guyer had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Friday. They walked away with a 7-2 win over the Jaguars.
Martin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6-1 record this season. As for Guyer, their victory bumped their record up to 30-2.
Martin might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Guyer in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Martin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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