After flying high against Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy last Tuesday, Sale Creek came back down to earth. The Sale Creek Panthers lost 14-4 to the Copper Basin Cougars on Thursday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Sale Creek of the 20-3 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in March.
Jalyn Hammons was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Madisyn Beene, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Copper Basin's side, they got a massive performance out of Angela Graves, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylee Hall, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
Sale Creek now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Copper Basin, the win got them back to even at 8-8.
Sale Creek will look to defend their home field on Friday against Chattanooga Central at 5:00 p.m. Sale Creek will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive. Copper Basin will take on Polk County at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Copper Basin is facing Polk County at the right time seeing as Polk County is stuck on a 13-game losing streak.
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