The Pike Liberal Arts Patriots will venture away from home to face off against the Long Rebels at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pike Liberal Arts has three straight wins, Long has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pike Liberal Arts proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by seven) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Lee-Scott Academy 6-5.
The team relied heavily on Sarah Strickland, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Julianne Meyer was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Long's offense. They fell 5-0 to Opp on Tuesday. The shutout was out of character for the Rebels seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Long saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anna Claire Free, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base.
The victory got Pike Liberal Arts back to even at 9-9. As for Long, their loss dropped their record down to 27-9.
Pike Liberal Arts suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Long when the teams last played back in February. Can the Patriots avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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