Pope County and Norris City-Omaha-Enfield are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Pope County Pirates have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Pope County's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Carrier Mills-Stonefort as Pope County made off with a 9-0 victory.
The result came thanks to JASMINE CORAM's shutout, as she gave up just three hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, BELLA FASOLO was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and a double. Another player making a difference was JAYDAN HOLMES, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Hardin County. The win was nothing new for Norris City-Omaha-Enfield as they're now sitting on three straight.
Sydnee Sauls made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Sauls was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield got a massive performance out of Finlee Hite, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Hite is trending in the right direction, as she's improved her point production for three straight games. Gabby Ray was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with five RBI, a stolen base, and a run.
Pope County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-13 record this season. As for Norris City-Omaha-Enfield, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-11.
Pope County suffered a grim 13-7 defeat to Norris City-Omaha-Enfield when the teams last played on April 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sauls, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up five earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that Pope County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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