Softball Preview: Fernandina Beach Pirates vs. Episcopal School of Jacksonville Eagles
Fernandina Beach is 0-10 against Episcopal School of Jacksonville since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Fernandina Beach Pirates will challenge the Episcopal School of Jacksonville Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fernandina Beach is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They came out on top against Andrew Jackson by a score of 7-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Fernandina Beach.
Kinleigh Curry made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Curry has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Curry was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Curry wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kelsey Curry, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Episcopal School of Jacksonville stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past Mandarin 8-2.
Like Fernandina Beach, Episcopal School of Jacksonville also got a great game from a two-way player: Grace Jones. She struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Jones was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and three RBI.
In other batting news, Chelsea Dever was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Amelia Oreair, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Fernandina Beach has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Episcopal School of Jacksonville, they pushed their record up to 22-2 with that victory, which was their tenth straight on the road.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Fernandina Beach hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Episcopal School of Jacksonville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Fernandina Beach came up short against Episcopal School of Jacksonville in their previous meeting back in February, falling 5-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jones, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 17 over seven innings pitched. Now that Fernandina Beach knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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