Softball Preview: Ware Shoals Hornets vs. Emerald Vikings
The Ware Shoals Hornets will head out on the road to challenge the Emerald Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ware Shoals is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.8 runs per game this season.
Ware Shoals will head into Monday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Southside Christian on Monday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 15-point loss they were dealt on Friday. Ware Shoals fell just short of Southside Christian by a score of 7-5. Ware Shoals has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Paisley Pelfrey was cooking despite her team's loss, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with two stolen bases and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayme Boyd, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Emerald was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. Their rough 16-0 loss to Union County might stick with them for a while. That's two games in a row now that Emerald has lost by exactly 16 runs.
Ware Shoals' defeat dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Emerald, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.
Ware Shoals took their victory against Emerald in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 16-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ware Shoals since the team 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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