The Pell City Panthers will take on the Lincoln Golden Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Pell City is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Chelsea, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Pell City was ranked 17th). Pell City had just enough and edged out Chelsea 3-2 on Monday.
Pell City saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Briley Goodgame, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another was Jenna Lewis, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one RBI.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times Lincoln and Leeds had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. Lincoln had just enough and edged out Leeds 5-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Golden Bears have posted since March 8th.
The team relied heavily on Aubrey Machen, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddie Smith, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Lincoln's win bumped their record up to 16-8-1. As for Pell City, their victory bumped their record up to 13-7.
Pell City took their win against Lincoln when the teams last played back in February of 2022 by a conclusive 9-0. Will Pell City repeat their success, or does Lincoln have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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