The Seminary Bulldogs will challenge the Forrest County Agricultural Aggies at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Seminary easily dispatched Forrest County Agricultural on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Seminary fell just short of Mize by a score of 5-3 on Thursday. Seminary hasn't had much luck with Mize recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last contest, Forrest County Agricultural made sure to put some runs up on the board against Perry Central on Thursday. Forrest County Agricultural blew past Perry Central 13-3. Considering the Aggies have won five matchups by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Desteney Hartfield was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only a hit while striking out eight over six innings pitched. She has been consistent : she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Mallory Boyte, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (three). Ryliee Nobles was another key player, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two runs.
Forrest County Agricultural lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Forrest County Agricultural's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-8. As for Seminary, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
Everything went Seminary's way against Forrest County Agricultural when the teams last played on Tuesday, as Seminary made off with an 11-1 win. Will Seminary repeat their success, or does Forrest County Agricultural have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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