Ponce De Leon hasn't had much luck against Paxton recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Pirates will venture away from home to square off against the Bobcats at 6:00 p.m.
Ponce De Leon is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Chipley on Tuesday. They lost 8-2 to the Tigers.
Ponce De Leon saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Savannah Brannon, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Paxton). They blew past Freeport 19-6 on Tuesday. The Bobcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by ten runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Taylor Phillips, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and two runs. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. Dani Thompson was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Paxton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in five consecutive contests.
Ponce De Leon's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Paxton, their record is now 8-5.
Ponce De Leon couldn't quite finish off Paxton in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 5-3. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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