Softball Preview: Wheeler County Bulldogs vs. Wilcox County Patriots
Wheeler County is 1-9 against Wilcox County since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Wheeler County Bulldogs will head out to square off against the Wilcox County Patriots at 5:30 p.m. Wheeler County is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last nine games.
Wheeler County's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Treutlen with a sharp 13-0 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matches by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wilcox County). Everything went their way against Montgomery County on Tuesday as Wilcox County made off with a 17-1 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Gracelyn Terry made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Terry was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Carly Miller and Shamauri Martin did most of the damage at the plate: Miller scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Martin went 3-for-5 with two stolen bases, a triple, and a run. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in hits. Another player making a difference was Ava McGinnis, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wilcox County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .438. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Montgomery County only posted a batting average of .176.
Wheeler County is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Wilcox County, their record is now 8-4.
Wheeler County came up short against Wilcox County in their previous matchup back in August, falling 11-6. Can Wheeler County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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