Auburndale and George Jenkins are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Auburndale Bloodhounds will be playing at home against the George Jenkins Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Auburndale will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
On Friday, Auburndale sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 11-9 victory over Lake Minneola.
Abby Meadows and Hailey Bradley did most of the damage at the plate: Meadows scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Bradley went 2-for-4 with three runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Brianna Justice, who went 1-for-1 with three RBI, a triple, and a run.
Meanwhile, George Jenkins had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with an 11-6 win over the Blue Devils.
Payton Spears was a major factor no matter where she played. She tossed two innings while giving up no earned run off two hits. Spears was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Olivia Newman was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Chelsea Odro was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs.
Auburndale's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-11. As for George Jenkins, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
Auburndale came up short against George Jenkins when the teams last played back in February, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of George Jenkins' Jazlyn Duque, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Auburndale 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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