Wake Forest is 0-7 against Garner since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Wake Forest Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Garner Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Wake Forest comes in on four and Garner on 14.
Wake Forest is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Wakefield a 1-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Jilian Livengood's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Taylor Jones was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Garner stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They put the hurt on Apex Friendship with a sharp 7-0 victory.
The result came thanks to Gabriella Czuczuk's shutout, as she gave up just four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Bailey Radford, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles. Another player making a difference was Gabriela Mizelle, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Wake Forest is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Garner, their win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Wake Forest hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Garner struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Wake Forest might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from Garner when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Czuczuk, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Wake Forest 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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