The Hanover Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Western Albemarle Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hanover has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Western Albemarle will come in with seven straight victories.
Hanover is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They lost 16-8 to New Kent on Wednesday.
Kaycee Doughty was cooking despite her team's loss, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with two RBI.
While Western Albemarle didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Rocktown back in March as they made off with a 16-1 win.
The team relied heavily on Jillie Clark, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, five RBI, and three runs. Those three runs gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Hardy, who scored three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Western Albemarle hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least five batters every time they've taken the field this season.
Hanover's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Western Albemarle, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
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