The Ashdown Panthers will take on the Smackover Buckaroos at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Ashdown has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with 13 straight defeats, while Smackover will come in with ten straight wins.
Friday just wasn't the day for Ashdown's offense. They came up short against Genoa Central on Friday, falling 18-0.
Meanwhile, Smackover faced Fouke in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Buckaroos' pitcher stepped up to hand the Panthers a 3-0 shutout.
Not much got past Ava Walker, who gave up just six hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Fouke off the board. Walker has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Smackover saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nataleh Goodwin, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Smackover's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Ashdown, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Ashdown couldn't quite get it done against Smackover in their previous meeting back in March of 2020 as they fell 8-5. Will the Panthers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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