The Sandy Creek Patriots will square off against the Mary Persons Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Sandy Creek is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Whitewater on Tuesday. They fell 4-1 to the Wildcats. The Patriots haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Breana Hopkins put in work no matter where she played. She struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.2 innings per game. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Mary Persons was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Spalding by a score of 5-4.
Mary Persons saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Woodgeard, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Olivia Crews also deserves some recognition as she hit her first hit of the season.
Even though they lost, Mary Persons kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's the most hits they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Sandy Creek now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Mary Persons, their record is now 6-5.
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