Westside is 4-0 against Blytheville since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Westside Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Blytheville Chickasaws at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Westside has seven straight victories, Blytheville has 23 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, Westside earned an 8-4 win over Wynne.
Mckyna Craig was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Craig was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Craig wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Vada Watkins, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Emma Claire Pruett was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Blytheville's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 17-0 walloping at the hands of Westside on Wednesday.
Westside pushed their record up to 8-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.8 runs per game. As for Blytheville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Westside took their win against Blytheville in their previous meeting on Wednesday by a conclusive 17-0. Will Westside repeat their success, or does Blytheville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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