The Peach County Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the Dougherty Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Peach County has five straight wins, Dougherty has 17 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Dougherty's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Peach County didn't have allowed a single run the last five times they've hit the field. Peach County never let Northside onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Wednesday.
Not much got past Gracie Martin, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Northside off the board.
At the plate, Peach County's win was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ta'Mori Hollingshed, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Saniya Martin also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Peach County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Dougherty fell victim to Cairo and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 16-0 to the Syrupmakers.
Peach County's victory bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Dougherty, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13.
Dougherty's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Peach County has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.8 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Dougherty, though, as they've been averaging only 2.8. Will Peach County keep running through batters, or will Dougherty buck the trend?
Everything went Peach County's way against Dougherty in their previous matchup last Tuesday as Peach County made off with a 20-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Peach County since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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