Sumter County entered their tilt with Hardaway on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Hardaway Hawks 13-5. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Madison Shelton made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Shelton was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
In other batting news, Sumter County got a massive performance out of Tadaisha Aldridge, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. That's the most hits Aldridge has posted since back in August. Candance Pitts was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sumter County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hardaway only tossed four.
Sumter County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Hardaway, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-8.
Sumter County will square off against Westover at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Sumter County will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for Hardaway, they will face off against Carver at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Hardaway is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 12.2 runs per game this season.
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