Cobras prep for hard hitting week

    The Industrial Cobras played and won a game against Rice Consolidated on April 14 at home. Coach Ted Malek said the whole team stepped up and helped the team win with a combination of hitting, defensive playing and pitching.
    The Cobras are 5-2 in district and 14-4-1 for the season.
    Landry Mikulec pitched a complete game. This was her 10th win and she has 102 strikeouts for the season so far.
    The Cobras took an early lead against Rice and was 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Leading hitters until that point were Landry Mikulec, Kasi Bethke, Lexey Mikulec and Katie Sparkman.
    In the top half of the fifth inning Rice came back and scored four runs. Cierra Borak and Skylar Chreene had walks in that inning. In the bottom half of the fifth inning Reagan Doyle and Elizabeth Kolodziejczyk were the first two runners on base. Bethke had an infield hit and loaded the bases. Landry Mikulec hit to the fence and gave the Cobras back their lead, 6-5.
    DJ Adams was a pinch runner and scored on a hit by Jillian Jones, bringing the lead to 7-5. In the last two innings Landry Mikulec had big strikeouts to cinch the win.
    The Cobras played Palacios on April 20 there, and won 14-9. They also played Hallettsville there on April 21, and won 11-1. The Cobras are scheduled to play Edna there on Friday, April 24.