The Sonoraville Phoenix will venture away from home to take on the North Cobb Christian Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Sonoraville is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Sonoraville's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Thursday, when they got past Coahulla Creek's usually-dominant pitching crew. Sonoraville put the hurt on Coahulla Creek with a sharp 10-4 victory. The result was nothing new for the Phoenix, who have now won eight games by six runs or more so far this season.
Sonoraville got a great performance from Lila Mullinax as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over 4.2 innings pitched. Mullinax has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ashley Fountain was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Erin Garland, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, North Cobb Christian suffered their closest defeat since October 19, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Rockmart by a score of 3-1. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Yellowjackets: they've now lost three in a row.
Sonoraville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for North Cobb Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Everything went Sonoraville's way against North Cobb Christian in their previous matchup back in August as Sonoraville made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sonoraville since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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