Softball Preview: Lake City Panthers vs. Johnsonville Flashes
The Lake City Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Johnsonville Flashes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lake City is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 22 runs back in March, they were much more limited against Marlboro County on Tuesday. They fell 6-1 to the Bulldogs. Lake City has not had much luck with Marlboro County recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, Johnsonville also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Loris by a score of 6-1. Johnsonville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lake City's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Johnsonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-6.
Lake City skirted past Johnsonville 4-3 when the teams last played back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Johnsonville's Mallory Prosser, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lake City still be able to contain Prosser? There's only one way to find out.
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