Softball Preview: Mid-Carolina Rebels vs. Westwood Redhawks
The Mid-Carolina Rebels will look to defend their home field in Friday's first game against the Westwood Redhawks at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Mid-Carolina scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Abbeville a 15-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Mid-Carolina, who have now won three matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Westwood made easy work of Fairfield Central on Wednesday and carried off a 14-2 victory. With that win, Westwood brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Annarea Wilson looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Westwood got a massive performance out of Jada McConnell, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Griffin, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-4.
Mid-Carolina is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Westwood, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-7.
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