Preview: Galatia/Thompsonville Bearcats vs. Vienna Eagles
The Galatia/Thompsonville Bearcats will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Vienna Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
After only one run in their last matchup, Galatia/Thompsonville made sure to put some runs up on the board against Egyptian on Friday. Galatia/Thompsonville put the hurt on Egyptian with a sharp 18-8 victory.
Meanwhile, Vienna scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They blew past Egyptian 25-1. With that win, Vienna brought their scoring average up to 7.5 runs per game.
Lily Lingle was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Lingle was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Vienna got a massive performance out of Rayonna Ridley, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Laney Slife was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with three runs and four RBI.
Galatia/Thompsonville made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-2. As for Vienna, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Galatia/Thompsonville suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Vienna in their previous meeting back in March of 2022. Thankfully for Galatia/Thompsonville, Annabeth Webb (who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits (and not a single walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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