The North Springs Spartans will head out on the road to take on the Lakeside Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
North Springs' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Druid Hills 15-0. With that victory, the Spartans brought their scoring average up to 7.1 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Kara Hutton, who went 1-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. That home run marked the first that she's launched this season. Another player making a difference was Jamie Masker, who went 1-for-1 with a home run and three RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Springs lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Lakeside had already won six in a row dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 10-1 win. Fans of the Vikings have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a 6+ run blowout.
The team relied heavily on Willow Wilson, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Piper Brown, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
North Springs has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Lakeside, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
North Springs came up short against Lakeside when the teams last played back in August of 2023, falling 7-4. Can North Springs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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