The Pell City Panthers will challenge the Tuscaloosa County Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Pell City is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Alexandria, who was ranked 15th at the time (Pell City was ranked 21st). The two teams finished up on equal footing with a 5-5 tie on Friday.
Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa County unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Alexandria by a score of 4-3.
Holly Beth Brooks was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI.
Tuscaloosa County's loss dropped their record down to 33-9-1. With that draw, Pell City's record moves to 21-12-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Pell City hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Tuscaloosa County struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 0.7 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Pell City came out on top in a nail-biter against Tuscaloosa County in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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