The Jonesboro Cardinals will square off against the Eagle's Landing Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Jonesboro comes in on four and Eagle's Landing on three.
Jonesboro played against Griffin on Tuesday and won via forfeit.
Eagle's Landing is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Stockbridge 25-6 on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Kyleigh Cowains made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. Cowains was even better at the plate, getting on base in all six of her plate appearances with three runs and one RBI.
In other batting news, Lynette Herring was a standout: she went a perfect 5-for-5 with four runs, five RBI, and two doubles. Those five hits gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cayla Bailey, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI, three runs, and one double.
Eagle's Landing was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .710. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Stockbridge only posted a batting average of .227.
Eagle's Landing's victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Jonesboro, their win bumped their record up to 11-9.
Jonesboro took their victory against Eagle's Landing when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 23-15 score. Do the Cardinals have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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