The Belfry Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Chapmanville Regional Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Belfry's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Chapmanville Regional's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Belfry and Pikeville, and Pikeville kept the tradition alive. The Pirates fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. The match marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Chapmanville Regional, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They blew past Wyoming East 9-1 on Thursday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by eight runs or more this season.
Peyton Lusk made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Lusk was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That double was her first of the season.
Lusk wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Chloe Murphy, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. That's the most hits Murphy has posted since back in April of 2024. Another was Evy Altizer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Chapmanville Regional was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .480. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matches.
Chapmanville Regional's record is now 5-3. As for Belfry, they moved to 7-4 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Belfry suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Chapmanville Regional in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can the Pirates avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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