Taylor County hasn't had much luck against Schley County recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Taylor County Vikings will head out to challenge the Schley County Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Taylor County will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Schley County's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Taylor County didn't have allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Everything went Taylor County's way against Lamar County on Monday as Taylor County made off with a 12-0 win. Considering the Vikings have won nine games by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Molleigh Gassett made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Brayln Hunter was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. Alyssa Nipper was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Taylor County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Schley County was able to grind out a solid victory over Hawkinsville last Monday, taking the game 7-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Taylor County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Schley County, their record is now 7-9.
Taylor County came up short against Schley County when the teams last played back in August, falling 10-6. Can Taylor County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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