The Telfair County Trojans will venture away from home to face off against the Hawkinsville Red Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Telfair County has four straight wins, Hawkinsville has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, Telfair County made easy work of Treutlen and carried off an 11-3 victory. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by seven runs or more this season.
Samantha Marshall made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching five innings while giving up three earned runs off eight hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. She was even better at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
In other batting news, Nala Parsons was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The last time her OBP was this high was back in August of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryleigh Jones, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Telfair County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .560. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 22.1% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 38.6%.
Meanwhile, Hawkinsville lost 11-4 to Wilcox County on Tuesday.
Telfair County's record is now 7-5. As for Hawkinsville, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-7.
Telfair County couldn't quite finish off Hawkinsville in their previous meeting back in August and fell 4-2. Can Telfair County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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