The Belton-Honea Path Bears will face off against the Daniel Lions at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Belton-Honea Path is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Belton-Honea Path is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Crescent, who was ranked 11th at the time (Belton-Honea Path was ranked seventh). The Bears came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 6-1 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Daniel didn't have quite enough to beat Berea on Thursday and fell 7-6. That's two games in a row now that the Lions have lost by just one run.
Bryn Chasteen was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one triple. That triple marked the first that she has hit this season. Another player making a difference was Emily Gooch, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run.
Belton-Honea Path's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Daniel, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-11.
Everything went Belton-Honea Path's way against Daniel when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as Belton-Honea Path made off with a 9-1 victory. Will the Bears repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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