Jellico is 0-9 against Sunbright since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Jellico Blue Devils will be staying on the road to face off against the Sunbright Tigers at 5:30 p.m. Neither Jellico nor Sunbright posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Jellico's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Oliver Springs on Monday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 22-0 walloping at the hands of the Bobcats. Considering the last time Jellico couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Sunbright's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. Their tough 17-2 defeat to Oliver Springs might stick with them for a while.
Sunbright saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addison Coleman, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI. Coleman 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.
Even though they lost, Sunbright hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.
Jellico's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Sunbright, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Jellico suffered a grim 20-0 defeat to Sunbright when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sunbright's Braelyn Moss, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with four stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Now that Jellico 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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