The Crescent Tigers will challenge the West-Oak Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Crescent is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Belton-Honea Path, who was ranked seventh at the time (Crescent was ranked 11th). The Tigers fell 6-1 to the Bears on Thursday. The Tigers were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior), but the Bears' pitchers proved too tough.
Meanwhile, West-Oak got the win against Pendleton on Thursday by a conclusive 12-2. Considering the Warriors have won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Abi Blackwell was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She pitched seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Blackwell was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with one home run.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Abigail Satterfield, who fired off two home runs, four RBI, and one double while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. Teagan Whitfield was another key player, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with two RBI, one run, and one double.
West-Oak lost a few balls and finished the game with four home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
West-Oak's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-3. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Crescent, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-5.
Crescent took their victory against West-Oak when the teams last played on Tuesday by a conclusive 12-5 score. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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