The Raleigh Lions will face off against the Taylorsville Tartars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Raleigh has three straight victories, Taylorsville has 15 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Raleigh's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against St. Andrew's Episcopal as Raleigh made off with a 15-0 win.
Haylee Buffington
| 03/27/25 vs St. Andrew's Episcopal | 5 |
| 02/13/24 vs Taylorsville | 3 |
| 03/13/25 vs Taylorsville | 2 |
| 03/01/25 vs Enterprise | 2 |
| 02/25/25 @ Morton | 2 |
The team relied heavily on Haylee Buffington, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 1-for-2. Those five stolen bases gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was SC McAllister, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.
Raleigh always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Taylorsville fell victim to Enterprise and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 15-0 to the Yellowjackets.
Raleigh's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-12-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Taylorsville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13.
Raleigh took their victory against Taylorsville in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 19-0. Does Raleigh have another victory up their sleeve, or will Taylorsville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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