Softball Recap: Malone Beats Graceville for Their Fifth Straight Win

By Team Reports Apr 10, 2025, 6:36pm

Softball Recap: Malone Tigers vs. Graceville Tigers

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Previous 5 Games

04/10/25 vs Graceville25-9
04/07/25 vs Jefferson County1-0
04/02/25 vs Bay21-4
04/01/25 vs Gadsden County15-1
03/28/25 @ Jefferson County29-7

Malone had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. Everything went their way against Graceville as they made off with a 25-9 win. This was a revenge game for Malone: when they faced off against Graceville back in March, they had to take a 35-25 defeat.

Larae Baxter was a standout: she got on base in four of her five plate appearances with three stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jordin Josey, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.

Malone was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .619. They are 5-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Malone's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-7. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.5 runs over those games. As for Graceville, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Malone will host Bethlehem at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The Tigers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Wildcats have averaged an impressive 6.6 runs per game this season. As for Graceville, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Bay at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The Tornadoes have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.36 runs per game on average), something the Tigers will no doubt try to take advantage of.

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