The Walnut Ridge Bobcats will challenge the Highland Rebels at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Walnut Ridge 1.7, Highland 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Walnut Ridge easily dispatched Manila on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Bobcats fell just short of Harrisburg by a score of 4-2 on Thursday.
Jace Blake
| 04/16/26 @ Harrisburg | 2 |
| 04/14/26 vs Manila | 3 |
| 04/13/26 vs Palestine-Wheatley | 2 |
| 04/10/26 vs West Memphis | 1 |
Walnut Ridge saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jace Blake, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and one RBI. Blake has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, Highland didn't have quite enough to beat Pocahontas on Thursday and fell 7-6. The Rebels have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Highland's loss dropped their record down to 13-5. As for Walnut Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-3.
Walnut Ridge couldn't quite finish off Highland in their previous meeting back in April of 2018 and fell 10-8. Can the Bobcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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