Softball Preview: Cherokee Bluff Bears vs. North Gwinnett Bulldogs
After two games on the road, Cherokee Bluff is heading back home. They will welcome the North Gwinnett Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Cherokee Bluff will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Cherokee Bluff's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on East Hall with a sharp 15-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won six matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Jaycee Archer made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in strikeouts. Archer was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Cherokee Bluff got a massive performance out of Lillie Diehl, who scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in hits. Another player making a difference was Kaitlyn Herren, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cherokee Bluff hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, North Gwinnett sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over Peachtree Ridge on Tuesday.
Cherokee Bluff pushed their record up to 11-5 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for North Gwinnett, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Cherokee Bluff couldn't quite finish off North Gwinnett in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 and fell 4-2. Will Cherokee Bluff have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other softball content.
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