After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central, Houston County was happy to have turned things around on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Harpeth Indians a 10-0 shutout. The Fighting Irish might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by ten runs or more this season.
Not much got past Brilee Anderson, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Harpeth off the board.
On the hitting side, Houston County let Peyton Brooks and Madelynn Brooks run wild. Peyton scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances, while Madelynn scored two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ally Mitchell, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Fighting Irish
| 04/11/25 vs Harpeth | 10-0 |
| 03/31/25 vs Kenwood | 17-1 |
| 03/14/25 vs McKenzie | 8-5 |
Houston County's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-5. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Harpeth, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6-1.
Houston County has already played their next matchup (against Christian Academy of Knoxville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Harpeth, they will face off against Fairview at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
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