The Fuqua Falcons will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Kenston Forest Kavaliers at 4:30 p.m. Fuqua is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
Fuqua is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Southampton Academy on Tuesday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raiders. Fuqua has struggled against Southampton Academy recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Fuqua saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lottie Mae Hazlegrove, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Kenston Forest was able to grind out a solid victory over Central Virginia HomeSchool Athletic Association on Tuesday, taking the game 8-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for Kenston Forest.
Cam Uquhart spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kelsey Marshall, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Kirsie Jackson, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Fuqua's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Kenston Forest, they pushed their record up to 10-8 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Fuqua suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Kenston Forest in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kenston Forest's Aubrey Mayton, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over six innings pitched. Now that Fuqua 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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