Alcovy and Grovetown are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2019, but likely not for long. The Alcovy Tigers will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Grovetown Warriors at 11:00 a.m. Alcovy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Alcovy is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since August 15th on Thursday. They came up short against Loganville, falling 10-3. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Red Devils: they've now lost three in a row.
Alcovy saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaitlyn Williams, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Grovetown had already won 18 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it 19 on Tuesday. They blew past the Patriots 15-2. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won 15 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Josalyn Sergent made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in September of 2023. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Sam Story and Iman Wright did most of the damage at the plate: Story scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Wright went 1-for-1 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Scarlet Gibb was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Alcovy now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Grovetown, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-1.
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