The Odessa Bronchos are taking a road trip to take on the Alpine Bucks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Odessa lost 10-2 to Timber Creek last Friday. The Bronchos have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alpine). They blew past Big Spring 12-2 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bucks.
Kody Hawkins was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Zariah Galvan was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Three bases. while going 1-for-3. Those three stolen bases gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kacy Hawkins, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Alpine pushed their record up to 5-12 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Odessa, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.
Everything went Odessa's way against Alpine in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, as Odessa made off with an 8-0 victory. Will Odessa repeat their success, or does Alpine have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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