The Roswell Hornets will take on the North Springs Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
While Roswell didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They lost 16-8 to Seckinger on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Hornets have suffered since October 18, 2023.
Meanwhile, North Springs waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Bulldogs onto the board and left with a 17-0 win. Considering the Spartans have won five games by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Beck Ballowe, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Leila Madesko, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Springs always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .710. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 33.8% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 46.1%.
Roswell's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3. As for North Springs, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
Roswell took their victory against North Springs when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0. Does Roswell have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Springs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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