The Southside Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Piedmont Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Southside is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
On Thursday, Southside narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Sardis 3-2.
Southside's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Burrell, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Piedmont had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Wildcats.
Southside is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6-1 record this season. As for Piedmont, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
Southside came up short against Piedmont in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 3-0. Thankfully for Southside, Emma Todd (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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