Softball Preview: JAG Jaguars vs. Alabama Christian Academy Eagles
The JAG Jaguars will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Alabama Christian Academy Eagles at 5:00 p.m.
Alabama Christian Academy is facing JAG at the wrong time: JAG suffered their first home loss of the season on April 4th and they're likely out for redemption. Their tough 21-2 defeat to the Lions might stick with them for a while. JAG has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Alabama Christian Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They never let the Eagles onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory.
Not much got past Madolyn Traywick, who gave up just one hit and racked up ten Ks to keep Montgomery Academy off the board.
On the hitting side, Izzy Warrick was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, four runs, and two stolen bases. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bentley Lamberth, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
JAG's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Alabama Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 7-14.
JAG suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Alabama Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. Thankfully for JAG, Haley Pittman (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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