After four games on the road, Marion County is heading back home. They will take on the Hackleburg Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Marion County nor Hackleburg posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Marion County's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Winfield on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of the Pirates.
Meanwhile, Hackleburg came up short against Sulligent on Tuesday and fell 5-2. That's two games in a row now that Hackleburg has lost by exactly three runs.
Hackleburg saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Laine Steward, who went 2-for-3 with a double. Steward has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Marion County has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-17 record this season. As for Hackleburg, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 24-13-2.
Marion County came up short against Hackleburg when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hackleburg's Braylynn Pope, who pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Marion County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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