After three games on the road, Effingham County is heading back home. They will welcome the Evans Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Effingham County will be strutting in after a win while Evans will be coming in after a defeat.
Effingham County will head into Tuesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Wednesday (they won by 15) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Greenbrier 6-4.
Meanwhile, Evans came up short against Lakeside on Thursday and fell 11-7.
Brittney Smith put in work while hitting and pitching. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Smith was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.
Smith wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Mallory Powers, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI. The dominant performance also gave Powers a new career-high in OBP. Josslyn Munn was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Effingham County's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2. As for Evans, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
Everything went Effingham County's way against Evans in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Effingham County made off with an 11-0 win. Does Effingham County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Evans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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