The Harris County Tigers will face off against the Heard County Braves at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Harris County's favor as the team sits on nine straight wins at home while Heard County has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Harris County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Houston County, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Harris County was ranked second). The Tigers never let the Bears get on the board and left with an 8-0 win on Monday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 17 matchups by seven runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Gracie Guthrey, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in August. Caroline Gatewood was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
Harris County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .310 or higher in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Heard County came up short against Villa Rica on Tuesday and fell 6-3.
Harris County's victory bumped their record up to 23-4. As for Heard County, their loss dropped their record down to 12-10.
Harris County skirted past Heard County 5-4 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Braves have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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