The Brook Hill Guard will be playing at home against the Troup Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
Brook Hill managed to slip by Cross Roads the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. Brook Hill lost 14-3 to Cross Roads back in February. The Guard have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Troup came tearing into Friday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Raiders as they made off with a 15-4 win. Considering the Tigers have won 14 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Taylor Gillispie was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over 4.1 innings pitched. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.1 strikeouts per game. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
In other batting news, Troup got a massive performance out of Shiloh Sluder, who scored four runs and stole five bases while going 1-for-3. Those four runs gave Sluder a new career-high. Another player making a difference was MaKayla Spencer, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Troup was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .412 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Brook Hill now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Troup, their victory bumped their record up to 17-5.
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