The Portageville Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Advance Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Portageville will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run they dealt Charleston on Saturday. Portageville blew past Charleston 14-4.
Aubrey Greenwell was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Greenwell was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Ja'Niya Smith was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing seven bases while going 3-for-4. Kate Murphy was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Advance had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bearcats a 19-0 shutout. Give Advance's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Portageville has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 19-12 record this season. As for Advance, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2.
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