The West Texas Comanches will challenge the Haskell Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
West Texas is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They skirted past Tahoka 8-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Comanches have posted since March 25th.
Meanwhile, Haskell waltzed into their match on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Owls.
Paige Sheets made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.2 strikeouts per game. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and one double. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in March.
In other batting news, Rebekah Cunningham was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. Paisley Chavez-Guevara was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Haskell pushed their record up to 17-6 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for West Texas, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-6-1 record this season.
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