The Ponce De Leon Pirates are taking a road trip to challenge the Chipley Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Ponce De Leon made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Graceville, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Pirates never let the Tigers get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Friday.
Aubrey Murphy was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Murphy was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Murphy wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Clara Martin, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Kiyann Alford was another, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Ponce De Leon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .632. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Chipley, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They were the clear victors by an 11-4 margin over Vernon on Friday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by seven runs or more this season.
Olivia Brown and Abigail Thompson did most of the damage at the plate: Brown scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances, while Thompson scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. Those four stolen bases gave Brown a new career-high. Kenzlee Nelson also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.
Chipley pushed their record up to 11-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Ponce De Leon, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-7.
Ponce De Leon came up short against Chipley when the teams last played back in March, falling 10-7. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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