Southern Wayne is on a six-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Hunt a four-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Southern Wayne Saints will host the Hunt Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Southern Wayne has given up an average of 18.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
Friday just wasn't the day for Southern Wayne's offense. They came up short against West Johnston on Friday, falling 15-0.
Meanwhile, Hunt had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They blew past Smithfield-Selma 24-6 on Friday. With that win, the Warriors brought their scoring average up to 8.4 runs per game.
Melaina Dixon was a standout: she got on base in all four of her plate appearances with four runs, five RBI, and one triple. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in runs. Allyson Winstead was another key player, scoring four runs and stealing Three bases. while going 3-for-3.
Hunt was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. They are 2-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Hunt's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-5. As for Southern Wayne, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
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