The Bartow Yellow Jackets will face off against the Durant Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bartow comes in on three and Durant on four.
Bartow is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Tampa Bay Tech as they made off with a 16-1 victory. Considering the Yellow Jackets have won 13 matches by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Durant hadn't done well against Bloomingdale recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Cougars never let the Bulls get on the board and left with a 3-0 win. The game was the first time the Cougars have beaten the Bulls on their field since March 8, 2022.
Not much got past Betty Oderio, who gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Bloomingdale off the board. Oderio has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one walk in ten consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Lennox Ullrich was excellent, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with two runs and one double.
Bartow's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-6. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Durant, their victory bumped their record up to 13-8.
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