The South Greene Rebels will head out on the road to take on the Cocke County Fighting Cocks at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. South Greene will be strutting in after a win while Cocke County will be coming in after a loss.
South Greene will head into Thursday's game on the come-up: they were handed a eight-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Chuckey-Doak on Thursday. South Greene sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 9-7 victory over Chuckey-Doak.
Whitney Reaves was excellent, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3. Nevaeh Davis was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cocke County unfortunately witnessed the end of their ten-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Karns by a score of 4-3.
Cocke County saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ellie Proffitt, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Proffitt has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Another player making a difference was Jailah Ensley, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
South Greene is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Cocke County, their loss dropped their record down to 14-5.
Monday's match will be a test for both team's pitchers. South Greene hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .400. However, it's not like Cocke County struggles in that department as they've averaged .366. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
South Greene might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from Cocke County in their previous matchup on Wednesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cocke County's Hailee Hartsell, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that South Greene 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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