It was a good run, but East Bladen unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the East Duplin Panthers. The result was an unpleasant reminder to East Bladen of the 6-5 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2022.
East Bladen saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jenna Brice, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Brice has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On East Duplin's side, they got a great performance from Morgan Brown as she pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, Carley Grace Jenkins and Emory Raynor did most of the damage at the plate: Jenkins scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Raynor scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Karsyn Parker, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
East Bladen's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-10. As for East Duplin, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season.
As of now, neither East Bladen nor East Duplin have any future games scheduled.
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