The Horatio Lions will take on the White Hall Bulldogs in a tournament on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
On Thursday, Horatio beat Paragould 14-10. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
Meanwhile, everything went White Hall's way against Arkansas on Thursday as White Hall made off with a 12-2 victory.
Bethany Roper made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over six innings pitched. That's the fewest hits she has allowed over her last eight contests. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run and three RBI.
In other batting news, Allie Rushing was incredible, going 3-for-5 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high. Taylor Irvin was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
White Hall kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in four consecutive matchups.
White Hall is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-6-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. The win got Horatio back to even at 5-5.
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