Softball Preview: Pickens Dragons vs. East Hall Vikings
Pickens has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the East Hall Vikings at 6:00 p.m. East Hall took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Pickens, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, Pickens needed a bit of extra time to put away Lumpkin County. They won by a run and slipped past the Indians 3-2. The three-run effort marked the Dragons' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, East Hall was a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They fell 5-2 to Franklin County. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Lions: they've now lost five in a row.
Amari Burce put in work no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Pickens pushed their record up to 4-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for East Hall, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything went Pickens' way against East Hall in their previous meeting last Monday as Pickens made off with a 12-4 win. Does Pickens have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Hall turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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