The Spring Hill Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Carthage Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Spring Hill fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Gilmer on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Buckeyes by a score of 11-10. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Buckeyes recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Khloe Saxon and Mattye Moore did some serious damage despite the final result: Saxon scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Moore scored a run and stole two bases while going 4-for-4. Aubreigh Whiddon was another key player, going 2-for-5 with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Carthage had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Kilgore with a sharp 31-1 victory. Considering Carthage has won 15 contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Carthage pushed their record up to 17-4-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Spring Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-10-1.
Spring Hill might still be hurting after the 14-2 loss they got from Carthage when the teams last played back in March. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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