Softball Preview: Piedmont Community Charter Patriots vs. Bessemer City Yellow Jackets
Piedmont Community Charter is 2-8 against Bessemer City since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots will look to defend their home field against the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets at 4:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Sadly, Piedmont Community Charter is still looking for their first win of the season after four games. They suffered a tough 15-0 defeat at the hands of Queen's Grant on Monday. Considering the last time Piedmont Community Charter couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, Bessemer City fell victim to a rough 13-1 loss at the hands of Burns back in March. Bessemer City has struggled against Burns recently, as their match back in March was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Bessemer City saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ella Pursley, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Piedmont Community Charter's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Bessemer City, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Piedmont Community Charter came out on top in a nail-biter against Bessemer City in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, sneaking past 10-8. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Bessemer City's Alexis Thomas, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Now that she won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Piedmont Community Charter to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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