The Taylor Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Trinity Catholic Celtics at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Taylor got the win against Mainland by a conclusive 11-5. That's two games straight that Taylor has won by exactly six runs.
Daisy Dickerson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (she also didn't allow any walks). Dickerson was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Amya Ramos was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Hannah Harper, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Trinity Catholic entered their tilt with South Sumter with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over the Raiders on Tuesday.
Emma Simms was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kristina Fogelman, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
The win made it two in a row for Taylor and bumps their season record up to 3-9. As for Trinity Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Taylor hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Trinity Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Taylor might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from Trinity Catholic in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Trinity Catholic's Liliana Ornelas, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Now that Taylor 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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