For the second straight game, Quitman will face off against Mendenhall. A feisty cat fight will be fought as Quitman Panthers take on Mendenhall Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Quitman has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Mendenhall will come in with four straight victories.
Quitman fell victim to Mendenhall and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Tigers, falling 13-0. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
For Mendenhall's part, Kimora Bouldin was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. What's more, Bouldin gave up only zero earned runs, the fewest she's had since back in March of 2024. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nala Ducksworth, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (three). Emma Fewell was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Mendenhall always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .609. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .609 or higher in three consecutive games.
Mendenhall pushed their record up to 10-4-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Quitman, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10.
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