The McAlester Buffaloes will be playing in front of their home fans against the Oktaha Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. McAlester will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
McAlester will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Pryor, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. McAlester walked away with a 5-2 win over Pryor on Thursday.
McAlester got a great performance from Max Harmon as he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
At the plate, McAlester saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Watkins, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Gunner Hodgell, who scored two runs and stole a base.
Meanwhile, Oktaha put the finishing touches on their 15th blowout victory of the season on Friday. Everything went their way against Tahlequah as Oktaha made off with a 14-3 victory. The win was nothing new for Oktaha as they're now sitting on three straight.
McAlester's victory bumped their record up to 19-13. As for Oktaha, they pushed their record up to 20-3 with that win, which was their 27th straight at home dating back to last season.
McAlester suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Oktaha in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Can McAlester avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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