Heritage has won 26 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while LaFayette has won 26 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Heritage Generals will host the LaFayette Ramblers at 5:30 p.m. Both have allowed few runs on average, (Heritage: 0.6, LaFayette: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Heritage's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Ridgeland with a sharp 8-0 victory. Considering the Generals have won 11 games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Bailee Hollis was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other pitching news, Addie Edwards looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Back at the plate, Heritage let Brylee Pritchett and Ella Blansit loose on the outfield. Pritchett went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Blansit went 3-for-3 with a triple, a double, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Molly Corvin, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Heritage was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .316 or higher in nine consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, LaFayette earned a 7-4 win over Calhoun on Monday.
Heritage's victory bumped their record up to 18-1. As for LaFayette, their win bumped their record up to 16-2.
Heritage came out on top in a nail-biter against LaFayette when the teams last played back in August, sneaking past 2-0. Will Heritage repeat their success, or does LaFayette have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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