Softball Preview: East Coweta Indians vs. Alexander Cougars
East Coweta is on a 28-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Alexander is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The East Coweta Indians will welcome the Alexander Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. East Coweta's pitching crew has only allowed 0.8 runs per game this season, so Alexander's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Wednesday, East Coweta earned a 6-1 victory over Northgate.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Alexander's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They came up short against South Paulding, falling 9-1. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, the Cougars couldn't push the score so high this time.
Alexander saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Smith, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double. The dominant performance gave Smith a new career-high in hits.
East Coweta's win bumped their record up to 20-0. As for Alexander, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-6.
East Coweta took their victory against Alexander when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 9-1. Will East Coweta repeat their success, or does Alexander have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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