New Manchester hasn't had much luck against East Paulding recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The New Manchester Jaguar will be staying on the road to face off against the East Paulding Raiders at 6:00 p.m.
New Manchester is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs last Monday, they were much more limited against Chapel Hill on Monday. They lost 20-1 to the Panthers.
Meanwhile, East Paulding waltzed into their game last Monday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They never let the Wolves onto the board and left with a 16-0 victory. Considering the Raiders have won 14 matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Emma Hernandez, who gave up just one hit and racked up eight Ks to keep Rome off the board. Hernandez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ella Heal was a standout: she went 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ansleigh Broome, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Paulding always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 35.5% earlier this season, but in their last ten matches they've averaged 49.5%.
New Manchester's defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for East Paulding, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.
New Manchester suffered a grim 16-2 defeat to East Paulding in their previous meeting back in September. Can New Manchester avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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