The Harper Longhorns will head out on the road to face off against the Goldthwaite Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Harper entered their tilt with San Saba with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Armadillos with a sharp 17-2 win on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Goldthwaite had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. Everything went their way against the Armadillos as they made off with a 17-2 victory.
Lainey Leverett was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Leverett was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Rylee Greenway was incredible, going 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Addisyn Howard, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Harper is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-12-1 record this season. As for Goldthwaite, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Harper might still be hurting after the 7-1 defeat they got from Goldthwaite when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Goldthwaite's Danika Macias, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Harper knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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