The Lawrence County Red Devils will square off against the West Morgan Rebels at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lawrence County is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.
Lawrence County's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on West Point with a sharp 15-0 win. The Red Devils might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 games by six runs or more this season.
McKinley McCaghren looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. She has been consistent : she hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Alivia Templeton was a standout: she scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was AB McKay, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Lawrence County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .567. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Point only posted an OBP of .200.
Meanwhile, West Morgan was able to grind out a solid victory over Russellville on Tuesday, taking the game 5-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rebels.
Lawrence County pushed their record up to 35-10-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for West Morgan, their win bumped their record up to 7-19-1.
Everything went Lawrence County's way against West Morgan in their previous matchup back in March, as Lawrence County made off with a 17-6 victory. Do the Red Devils have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rebels turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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