The Plain Dealing Lions will face off against the Ringgold Redskins at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Plain Dealing comes in on three and Ringgold on five.
Plain Dealing's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Woodlawn-Shreveport as Plain Dealing made off with a 15-0 win.
Meanwhile, Ringgold got the win against Bossier on Wednesday by a conclusive 12-0. The Redskins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by six runs or more this season.
Jayla Joyner made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in walks (one). She was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Ringgold got a big performance out of Jolynn Hall, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Addison Kilpatrick was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Ringgold was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .471. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .314 or higher in five consecutive contests.
Plain Dealing's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-8. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Ringgold, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
Plain Dealing might still be hurting after the 15-8 defeat they got from Ringgold in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Will Plain Dealing have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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