South Ripley and Southwestern are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The South Ripley Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Southwestern Rebels at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
South Ripley lost 9-3 to Milan on Wednesday.
Julia Hilton made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Southwestern lost 7-1 to Milan on Thursday. Southwestern has struggled against Milan recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
South Ripley's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Southwestern, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7.
South Ripley might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Southwestern when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southwestern's Ashley Fulton, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Now that South Ripley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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