The High Point Central Bison will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Eastern Guilford Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Neither High Point Central nor Eastern Guilford posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
High Point Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. Their rough 17-2 defeat to Southern Guilford might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Eastern Guilford didn't have quite enough to beat Southeast Guilford on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Jasmine Mack was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run, a stolen base, and two RBI. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played.
Even though they lost, Eastern Guilford didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Southeast Guilford only tossed six.
High Point Central's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Eastern Guilford, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-5.
High Point Central might still be hurting after the 11-0 loss they got from Eastern Guilford in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern Guilford's Kamryn Permar, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. Now that High Point Central 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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