Ripley hasn't had much luck against Booneville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. Ripley will challenge Booneville at 6:30 p.m.
Ripley is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Tishomingo County on Thursday. They fell just short of the Braves by a score of 2-1.
Ripley saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chatrea Wallace, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Booneville had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.2 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They never let the Hawks get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Blue Devils, who have now won eight matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Booneville pushed their record up to 12-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Ripley, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-14.
Ripley suffered a grim 16-4 defeat to Booneville in their previous matchup back in February. Can Ripley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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