Softball Preview: Anderson County Mavericks vs. Gibbs Eagles
Anderson County is 1-8 against Gibbs since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Anderson County Mavericks will look to defend their home field against the Gibbs Eagles at 5:30 p.m. Neither Anderson County nor Gibbs posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Anderson County's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Powell on Monday. They fell victim to a rough 12-0 defeat at the hands of the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Gibbs faced Halls in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Gibbs' pitcher stepped up to hand Halls a 1-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Gibbs as they're now sitting on five straight.
Gibbs saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Malyiah Smith, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Smith has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
Anderson County's loss dropped their record down to 6-16. As for Gibbs, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 18-10 record this season.
Anderson County might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Gibbs in their previous matchup on April 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gibbs' Addison Merritt, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two doubles. Now that Anderson County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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