Wake Forest is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Garner is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Wake Forest Cougars will take on the Garner Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Wake Forest: 2.5, Garner: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Wake Forest is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 5-2 win over Garner.
For Garner's part, Gabriela Mizelle was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Garner didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Wake Forest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Garner, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 24-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Wake Forest hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Garner struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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