Travelers Rest is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Blue Ridge is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Travelers Rest Devildogs will take on the Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Travelers Rest's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Blue Ridge's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Travelers Rest's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Chapman on Thursday. They fell victim to a tough 7-0 defeat at the hands of the Panthers. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Travelers Rest has not been shut out since back in March.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They never let Carolina Academy onto the board and left with a 36-0 win. Blue Ridge might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won nine contests by eight runs or more this season.
Lily Mulkey made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Mulkey was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Blue Ridge got a massive performance out of Hannah Durham, who went 4-for-5 with a home run, six RBI, and four runs. Another player making a difference was Zoe Sullivan, who got on base in four of her six plate appearances with a home run, four runs, and five RBI.
Travelers Rest's loss dropped their record down to 12-4. As for Blue Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Everything went Travelers Rest's way against Blue Ridge in their previous meeting on April 2nd as Travelers Rest made off with a 12-2 victory. Will Travelers Rest repeat their success, or does Blue Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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