The South Central Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the New London Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Saturday, South Central came up short against Monroeville and fell 8-4.
Leah Lauderman was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Even though they lost, South Central was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Monroeville didn't hit any.
Meanwhile, New London wound up with the same score they had in their last game (5-2), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
Madison Rowland made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
South Central has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-12 record this season. As for New London, their record is now 15-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. South Central hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like New London 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.
South Central came up short against New London in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of New London's Emilee Rowland, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). Now that South 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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