Glass is 0-10 against Jefferson Forest since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Glass Hilltoppers will head out on the road to challenge the Jefferson Forest Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. Neither Glass nor Jefferson Forest posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Glass' hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Amherst County on Tuesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lancers. Glass just can't catch a break and has now endured three losses in a row.
Meanwhile, Jefferson Forest waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Minutemen 2-1. That's two games straight that Jefferson Forest has won by just one run.
Kimber Spence spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on one hit and racked up 12 Ks.
On the hitting side, Jefferson Forest's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Mati Gouldthorpe, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Glass' defeat dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Jefferson Forest, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Glass might still be hurting after the 12-0 loss they got from Jefferson Forest in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spence, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Now that Glass 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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