Auburn had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it three in their second game on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over the Handley Tigers. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Auburn also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2018.
Abigail Helms spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned runs on ten hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ashlyn Hartin, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
On Handley's side, Mariana Whaley put in work while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Whaley was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and a double.
Whaley wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kia Brown, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Auburn's win bumped their record up to 16-7-1. As for Handley, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4.
Auburn didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 6-0 victory vs. Beulah on the 13th. Handley has also already played their next matchup, a 4-0 loss against Smiths Station on the 12th.
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