Odessa is 8-2 against Harrisonville since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Odessa Bulldogs will face off against the Harrisonville Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Odessa has six straight wins, Harrisonville has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Odessa's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against St. Pius X as Odessa made off with a 15-0 victory. Considering the Bulldogs have won ten games by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Brenna Westerhold made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Westerhold was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brooklyn Burks, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in OBP. Another player making a difference was Keely Byrd, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Odessa always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .654. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Harrisonville came up short against Clinton on Thursday and fell 14-11.
Like Odessa, Harrisonville also got a great game from a two-way player: Olivia Quick. She pitched 4.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Quick was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5.
In other batting news, Paige Cribbs stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: she scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Rileigh Shaw, who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI.
Odessa's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3. As for Harrisonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
Everything went Odessa's way against Harrisonville in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Odessa made off with an 11-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Odessa since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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