The Harris County Tigers will challenge the East Paulding Raiders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Harris County sitting on 11 straight wins and East Paulding on three.
Harris County is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since August 7th on Thursday. They skirted past Central 3-1.
The team relied heavily on Madison Anglin, who went 1-for-2 with a home run.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, East Paulding made sure to put some runs up on the board against New Manchester on Thursday. Everything went East Paulding's way against New Manchester as East Paulding made off with a 16-2 win. Considering the Raiders have won eight contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Draya Hope spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on two hits.
On the hitting side, East Paulding got a massive performance out of Brie Cazares, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run and three runs. Another player making a difference was Ansley Shiver, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Paulding kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now hit at least nine hits in three consecutive games.
Harris County pushed their record up to 11-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for East Paulding, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Harris County came up short against East Paulding in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 6-2. Will Harris County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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