Softball Preview: Peach County Trojans vs. Spalding Jaguars
The Peach County Trojans's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Spalding Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Peach County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.9 runs per game this season.
Last Wednesday, Peach County beat Crawford County 5-2.
Shaniyah Gibson made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run.
Gibson wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kaylyn Hornaday, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Peach County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Spalding waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Patriots out 4-2.
Zyon Henley spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on eight hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ra?Kiyah Duffie, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, a stolen base, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Alondra Diaz, who scored a run and stole three bases.
Peach County's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-2. As for Spalding, their record is now 15-8.
Spalding's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Monday. Peach County has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Spalding, though, as they've been averaging only 4. Will Peach County keep running through batters, or will Spalding buck the trend?
Everything went Peach County's way against Spalding in their previous meeting last Monday as Peach County made off with a 9-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Peach County since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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