Silsbee is 2-8 against Bridge City since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Silsbee Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bridge City Cardinals at 6:30 p.m. Silsbee is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Silsbee fell victim to a rough 16-6 defeat at the hands of Little Cypress-Mauriceville.
Laila Baker made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double. Morgan Graham was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Bridge City had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They never let the Bulldogs onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory.
Silsbee's loss dropped their record down to 14-9. As for Bridge City, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9-1 record this season.
Silsbee might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Bridge City in their previous matchup on March 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bridge City's Carson Fall, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 18 over seven innings pitched. Now that Silsbee knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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