Manchester and Fayetteville-Perry are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Manchester Greyhounds will head out on the road to square off against the Fayetteville-Perry Rockets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Manchester is looking to tack on another W to their 17-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Manchester heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Thursday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Notre Dame.
Jenna Campbell made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and a double.
Meanwhile, Fayetteville-Perry waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 5-0 shutout. Fayetteville-Perry's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three games.
Manchester's defeat dropped their record down to 14-5. As for Fayetteville-Perry, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Manchester came up short against Fayetteville-Perry in their previous meeting back in April, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fayetteville-Perry's Izabella Waddle, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 17 over seven innings pitched. Now that Manchester knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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