After three games on the road, Sonoraville is heading back home. They will host the Murray County Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Sonoraville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Sonoraville's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Ringgold by a score of 4-0.
The result came thanks to Lila Mullinax's shutout, as she gave up just one hit and racked up 13 Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Taylor Martin, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Sonoraville hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Murray County didn't have done well against Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Murray County had just enough and edged Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe out 6-5.
Emerie Bohannon spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on ten hits.
At the plate, Blakelee Ledford was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayleigh Amos, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Sonoraville is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Murray County, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
Sonoraville was able to grind out a solid win over Murray County when the teams last played back in August, winning 7-3. Will Sonoraville repeat their success, or does Murray County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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