The Patton Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Lincolnton Wolves at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Patton will be strutting in after a win while Lincolnton will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, Patton earned a 5-2 victory over Polk County. That's two games straight that Patton has won by exactly three runs.
Marleigh Carswell was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Carswell was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with a home run.
In other batting news, Patton let Katie Lail and Lindsey Devine loose on the outfield. Lail went 3-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI, while Devine scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Lail is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kara Redwine, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Lincolnton's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of West Caldwell on Friday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Lincolnton in their matchups with West Caldwell: they've now lost three in a row.
Lincolnton saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was AIDYN Armstrong, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
The win made it two in a row for Patton and bumps their season record up to 3-4. As for Lincolnton, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-4.
Lincolnton's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Patton has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.7 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Lincolnton, though, as they've been averaging only 3.8 per game. Will Patton keep running through batters, or will Lincolnton buck the trend?
Everything went Patton's way against Lincolnton when the teams last played back in March of 2017 as Patton made off with an 18-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Patton since the team 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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