The Mill Creek Hawks will take on the East Forsyth Broncos at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Mill Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Dacula, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Mill Creek was ranked 23rd). Mill Creek won by a run and slipped past Dacula 15-14. The high-scoring effort was just what the Hawks needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
The team relied heavily on Alaina Lyons, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. She also put up a double, which washer first of the season. Blair McClain was another key player, scoring two runs while going 3-for-5.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mill Creek kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 19 hits. That's the most hits they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, East Forsyth had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Titans out 4-3.
Mill Creek's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. As for East Forsyth, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Mill Creek was able to grind out a solid victory over East Forsyth when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 9-6. Does Mill Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Forsyth turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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