After four games on the road, Troy Christian is heading back home. They will take on the Covington Buccs at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, Troy Christian came up short against Lehman Catholic and fell 5-2.
Troy Christian saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Riley Orange, who went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Covington unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. They took an 11-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Minster.
Karyanne Turner was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Emalyn Johnson, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Troy Christian dropped their record down to 1-5 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Covington, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3.
Troy Christian suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Covington in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Covington's Whitney Burns, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Troy Christian 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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