The Sneads Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Franklin County Seahawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sneads is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Sneads will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Wewahitchka, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went Sneads' way against Wewahitchka on Tuesday as Sneads made off with a 15-6 win.
Sneads got a massive performance out of Gabby Bellamy, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5. Bellamy is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Addisyn Duboise, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Franklin County was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Taylor County by a score of 3-2. Franklin County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Alexis Webb was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run and a stolen base.
Sneads' victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-9. As for Franklin County, their loss dropped their record down to 12-9.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Sneads 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 Franklin County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Sneads came up short against Franklin County in their previous matchup back in March, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Franklin County's Sarah Ham, who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Now that Sneads 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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