The Horizon Hawks are taking a road trip to take on the Douglas County Huskies at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Horizon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Horizon got the win against Fairview by a conclusive 13-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
The team relied heavily on Tessa Munsch, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Gabby Yanez also deserves some recognition as she stolen her first stolen base of the season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Horizon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fairview only posted an OBP of .286.
Meanwhile, Douglas County came tearing into Thursday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Buffaloes 14-12. While the Huskies didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Douglas County got a massive performance out of Grace Huber, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Devayah Pineda, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Horizon is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-7 record this season. As for Douglas County, their win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Horizon suffered a grim 15-6 defeat to Douglas County in their previous meeting back in August of 2019. Can Horizon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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