The Odessa Bulldogs will take on the Harrisonville Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Odessa will be strutting in after a victory while Harrisonville will be coming in after a loss.
On Wednesday, Odessa needed a bit of extra time to put away Marshall. They had just enough and edged the Owls out 5-4.
Brenna Westerhold made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. The last time her batting average was this high was back in September of 2023. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-4. That's the fewest strikeouts she has posted since back in September of 2023.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on MacKenna Pierson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Keely Byrd, who got on base in two of her five plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
Odessa didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Harrisonville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 10-1 to Pleasant Hill. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Wildcats couldn't push the score so high this time.
Harrisonville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Paige Cribbs, who scored a run while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Addyson Walker, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a stolen base.
Odessa pushed their record up to 9-3 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Harrisonville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Odessa was able to grind out a solid victory over Harrisonville when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-0. Will Odessa repeat their success, or does Harrisonville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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