For the second straight game, Midlothian will face off against White. The Panthers will challenge the Longhorns at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Midlothian knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully White likes a good challenge.
Midlothian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand White a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Panthers have won 18 games by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Abby Insley tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Midlothian got a massive performance out of Jocelyn Martinez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddie Copeland, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Midlothian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .351 or higher in seven consecutive matchups.
Midlothian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-8-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs over those games. As for White, they moved to 22-11-1 with that loss, which also ended their 15-game winning streak.
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