Nation Ford is 2-8 against Fort Mill since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Nation Ford Falcons will be playing at home against the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Nation Ford is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Blythewood, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Nation Ford was ranked 14th). Nation Ford took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Blythewood on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Fort Mill fell victim to a rough 18-6 loss at the hands of Lewisville on Thursday. Fort Mill has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Fort Mill got a good showing from Haley Rogers, who pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off eight hits.
On the hitting side, Brooke Roserio was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. Lila Wotring was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases.
Nation Ford's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-4. As for Fort Mill, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Nation Ford was able to grind out a solid win over Fort Mill when the teams last played back in March, winning 10-5. Will Nation Ford repeat their success, or does Fort Mill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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