The Orange Panthers will face off against the Southern Nash Firebirds on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Orange is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Triton with a sharp 15-7 victory. The Panthers not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 21st (when they won 10-0).
Lexi Bowes tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits.
On the hitting side, Katie Carden was incredible, going 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one triple. Sadie Cecil was another key player, going 2-for-5 with two runs, two doubles, and two RBI.
Orange was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .389. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Southern Nash put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Swansboro an 11-0 shutout. Give the Firebirds' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Southern Nash's win was their 15th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-0. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Orange, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-9.
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