Softball Game Preview: Gordonsville Tigers vs. Whitwell Tigers

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Previous 6 Games

05/20/23 - Home	4-3 W
05/21/22 - Away	7-1 W
05/21/22 - Away	7-1 W
03/19/22 - Home	7-0 W
05/17/21 - Away	9-8 W
03/31/16 - Away	6-2 W

Gordonsville is a perfect 6-0 against Whitwell since March of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. Gordonsville will host Whitwell. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Gordonsville has 24 straight victories, Whitwell has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Wednesday, Gordonsville made easy work of Jo Byrns and carried off a 12-1 win. Considering the Tigers have won 19 matchups by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, Whitwell didn't have quite enough to beat South Pittsburg on Wednesday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by just one run.

Whitwell saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kasie Britton, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one RBI. That triple marked the first that Britton has hit this season.

Gordonsville pushed their record up to 31-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.5 runs over those games. As for Whitwell, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.

Gordonsville skirted past Whitwell 4-3 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Does Gordonsville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Whitwell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.