The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Travelers Rest Devildogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Blue Ridge will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Blue Ridge is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Carolina Academy a 36-0 shutout on Thursday. The result was nothing new for Blue Ridge, who have now won nine matchups by eight runs or more so far this season.
Lily Mulkey was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Mulkey was also big at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Hannah Durham was a standout: she went 4-for-5 with a home run, six RBI, and four runs. Another player making a difference was Zoe Sullivan, who got on base in four of her six plate appearances with a home run, four runs, and five RBI.
Meanwhile, Travelers Rest unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 7-0 walloping at the hands of Chapman. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Travelers Rest has not been shut out since back in March.
Blue Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Travelers Rest, their loss dropped their record down to 12-4.
Blue Ridge might still be hurting after the 12-2 defeat they got from Travelers Rest in their previous meeting on April 2nd. Can Blue Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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