Softball Preview: Garrard County Golden Lions vs. South Laurel Cardinals
The Garrard County Golden Lions will head out on the road to challenge the South Laurel Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Garrard County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
On Monday, Garrard County came up short against Southwestern and fell 22-18. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (11), Garrard County still had to take the loss.
Molly Abney made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 4-for-6 with two stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Jazlyn Shelton, who scored three runs while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, South Laurel's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They lost 12-2 to North Laurel. Having soared to a lofty 18 runs in the game before, South Laurel couldn't push the score so high this time.
Garrard County's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 9-13. As for South Laurel, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-6.
Garrard County came up short against South Laurel in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 9-4. Can Garrard County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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