Evans is 1-9 against Effingham County since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Evans Knights will face off against the Effingham County Rebels at 5:00 p.m. Evans is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Evans came up short against Lakeside and fell 11-7.
Brittney Smith was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Smith was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.
Smith wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Mallory Powers, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI. The dominant performance also gave Powers a new career-high in batting average. Josslyn Munn was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Effingham County had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They skirted past the Wolfpack 6-4.
Evans' defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Effingham County, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Evans suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Effingham County in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Evans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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