The Brookwood Panthers will take on the Orange Beach Makos in a tournament on Saturday. Brookwood's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Orange Beach's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Brookwood's tournament run continued when they took on Sparkman on Friday. The Panthers won by a run and slipped past the Senators 5-4.
Meanwhile, Orange Beach faced Sparkman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Makos blew past the Senators 13-1. Considering the Makos have won 23 contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
MK McMullan looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Orange Beach let Katie King and Ava Hodo run wild. King went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI, while Hodo went 3-for-4 with one home run and four RBI. That's the most RBI Hodo has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Jayde Palmer, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs.
Brookwood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 19 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 31-12 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Orange Beach, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 31-2.
Brookwood suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Orange Beach in their previous matchup back in April of 2021. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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