The Brandon Bulldogs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Petal Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Brandon is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
On Friday, Brandon made easy work of Meridian and carried off a 13-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Brandon.
Evie Pickard looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chloe Jenkins, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Hannah Jo Sullivan was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing three bases.
Meanwhile, Petal faced Northwest Rankin in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Petal's rough 6-0 defeat to Northwest Rankin might stick with them for a while. Petal was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior) but Northwest Rankin's pitcher proved too tough.
Brandon pushed their record up to 12-9 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 12 runs. As for Petal, their loss dropped their record down to 14-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Brandon hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Petal struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Brandon couldn't quite finish off Petal in their previous matchup back in March and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Petal's Jaley Weathersby, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Brandon 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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