The Kennesaw Mountain Mustangs's road trip will continue as they head out to face the East Paulding Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Last Monday, Kennesaw Mountain didn't have quite enough to beat Paulding County and fell 5-4.
Meanwhile, East Paulding waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Lions a 21-0 shutout. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by six runs or more this season.
Nobody will forget Draya Hope's heroic performance anytime soon (especially Lithia Springs' batters): she turned in a perfect game.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ansleigh Broome, who went 1-for-1 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylee Frickey, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Paulding always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .889. The last time their OBP was this high was back in September of 2023.
Kennesaw Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 6-11. As for East Paulding, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Kennesaw Mountain might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from East Paulding in their previous meeting back in August. Can Kennesaw Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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