The Grenada Chargers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Saltillo Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Grenada: 3.7, Saltillo: 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, Grenada fell victim to a tough 11-1 loss at the hands of South Panola. Grenada has not had much luck with South Panola recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Mary Taylour Wilbourn spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and nine unearned) runs on 13 hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Grenada saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Lashley, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Lashley is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played.
Meanwhile, Saltillo unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Monday. They fell 3-0 to South Panola. The shutout was out of character for Saltillo seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Grenada's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-4. As for Saltillo, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.
Grenada suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Saltillo in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Saltillo's A.K. Willingham, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Now that Grenada knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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