The Easley Green Wave will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pendleton Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Easley will be strutting in after a win while Pendleton will be coming in after a loss.
Easley is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Berea 19-2. The victory was some much needed relief for Easley as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Jalyn McGee looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Easley got a massive performance out of Callen Saxon, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. Saxon has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Camora Little was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Pendleton unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They suffered a tough 14-2 defeat at the hands of Woodmont. Pendleton was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matches prior) but Woodmont's pitchers proved too tough.
Taylor Beak was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Laney Jennings, who went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI.
Easley's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-6. As for Pendleton, their loss dropped their record down to 10-6-1.
Easley was able to grind out a solid victory over Pendleton in their previous meeting back in March, winning 7-3. Will Easley repeat their success, or does Pendleton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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