Softball Preview: North Cobb Warriors vs. Marietta Blue Devils
The North Cobb Warriors will be playing at home against the Marietta Blue Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Cobb has seven straight wins, Marietta has 17 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, North Cobb was able to grind out a solid victory over Cherokee, taking the game 4-1. The four-run effort marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Marietta scored the most runs they've had all season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They lost 18-10 to Wheeler. Even if the Blue Devils couldn't come away with the win, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Marietta saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sofia Hawkins, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Hawkins also put up three hits, which wereher first of the season.
Even though they lost, Marietta didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've earned since back in August of 2023.
North Cobb pushed their record up to 6-0 with that victory, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Marietta, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
North Cobb took their win against Marietta when the teams last played back in September of 2021 by a conclusive 12-0. Does North Cobb have another victory up their sleeve, or will Marietta turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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