The Peach County Trojans will challenge the Westover Patriots at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Peach County has seven straight victories, Westover has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Monday, Peach County made easy work of Spalding and carried off a 9-1 win. Considering the Trojans have won 13 matches by more than seven runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Shaniyah Gibson was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in strikeouts. Gibson was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Taleyah Marable was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Westover lost 18-2 to Cairo on Thursday.
Timeria Neal was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-1 with two RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Kimora McLeoud, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in both of her plate appearances.
Peach County's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2. As for Westover, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
Peach County took their win against Westover when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 17-0. Does Peach County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Westover turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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