The Winter Park Wildcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Timber Creek Wolves at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Winter Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Colonial an 11-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Winter Park considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Rylie Scanlon was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Scanlon was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Isabel Otero, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Hailey Johnson was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Timber Creek had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 15-0 victory.
Timber Creek got a massive performance out of Olivia Laskowitz, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Jenelly Romero, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Winter Park's win bumped their record up to 13-10. As for Timber Creek, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Winter Park couldn't quite finish off Timber Creek when the teams last played back in April and fell 7-5. Can Winter Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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