Madison Central is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will face off against the Germantown Mavericks at 6:30 p.m. Madison Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Germantown will come in with three straight victories.
Madison Central fell victim to Hernando and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Germantown was not the first on the board on Saturday, but they got there more often. They blew past Starkville 15-2. The Mavericks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by six runs or more this season.
Lily Bittle was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. That's the most runs she has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Glasgow, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Germantown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.
Germantown pushed their record up to 12-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Madison Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
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