On Wednesday Fannin County will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They and the Gordon Lee Trojans are set to duel. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Fannin County: 3.2, Gordon Lee: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Tuesday, Fannin County had just enough and edged Chattooga out 8-7.
Natalie Herendon made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she tossed seven innings while giving up just two earned (and four unearned) runs off seven hits. Herendon was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
In other batting news, Callie Ensley was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two triples, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Presley Daves, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Fannin County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 36.6%.
Meanwhile, Gordon Lee had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.4 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight last Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Warriors a 15-0 shutout. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Fannin County's victory bumped their record up to 13-3. As for Gordon Lee, they pushed their record up to 20-2 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home.
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