The Sulligent Blue Devils will square off against the Belgreen Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Sulligent will be strutting in after a win while Belgreen will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, Sulligent needed a bit of extra time to put away Lynn. They skirted past the Bears 7-6.
Ella Wheeler
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Ella Wheeler made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched six innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Wheeler was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 4-for-5. Those four hits gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Kaylee Crawford was a standout: she got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run. Anna Otts was another key player, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
Sulligent was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .389. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Belgreen and Hackleburg, and Hackleburg kept the tradition alive. Belgreen lost 8-1 to Hackleburg on Monday. The Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Belgreen saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shaylyn Bryant, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Belgreen's defeat dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Sulligent, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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