Sumter County has won three straight games at home, while Columbus has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Sumter County Panthers will take on the Columbus Blue Devils at 5:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sumter County's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Kendrick 12-0.
Tadaisha Aldridge was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Sumter County got a massive performance out of Isis Snipes, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Tralisha Williams, who went 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sumter County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .833. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .320 or higher in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last matchup, Columbus made sure to put some runs up on the board against Jordan on Monday. Columbus was the clear victor by a 16-0 margin over Jordan.
Like Sumter County, Columbus also got a great game from a two-way player: Emily Balauatin. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Balauatin was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Chloe Hartzell and Emmie Jones did most of the damage at the plate: Hartzell scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Jones scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Maya Bagsby, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Sumter County is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Columbus, their win bumped their record up to 17-7.
Sumter County suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Columbus in their previous meeting back in September. Will Sumter County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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