Softball Preview: Points Could Be Hard to Come by When Bacon County Meets Long County

The Bacon County Raiders will head out to face off against the Long County Blue Tide at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Bacon County 1.6, Long County 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Bacon County's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Fitzgerald 15-0. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 contests by six runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, Long County unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They came up short against West Laurens, falling 8-1.

Bacon County has now won 12 of their last 13 games at home. That gives them a 15-3 record this season. The home victories came by way of their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 20 runs in those two games. As for Long County, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 16-3.