The South Walton Seahawks will head out on the road to square off against the Liberty County Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Walton gave up the first runs on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top against Holmes County by a score of 7-4.
Ella Troutt made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 17 over nine innings pitched. Troutt was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Anita Palmer was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Liberty County owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over Holmes County. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Liberty County.
Liberty County's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lauren Davis, who went 2-for-3 with a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Abella Faircloth, who scored two runs and stole two bases.
The win got South Walton back to even at 6-6. As for Liberty County, they pushed their record up to 11-4 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. South Walton hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.9 home runs per game. However, it's not like Liberty County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
South Walton came up short against Liberty County in their previous matchup back in February, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Liberty County's Lauren Grantham, who struck out ten batters over eight innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). Now that South Walton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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