Meridian is 0-5 against Pope County since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Meridian Bobcats have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Pope County Pirates at 4:30 p.m. After both teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Monday.
Meridian is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Cairo onto the board and left with a 19-0 victory on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Meridian considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, everything went Pope County's way against Carrier Mills-Stonefort on Thursday as Pope County made off with a 9-0 win.
Not much got past JASMINE CORAM, who gave up just three hits to keep Carrier Mills-Stonefort off the board. CORAM has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on BELLA FASOLO, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of JAYDAN HOLMES, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI.
Meridian's victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-10. As for Pope County, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-13 record this season.
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