South Paulding has won six straight games at home, while East Paulding has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The South Paulding Spartans and the East Paulding Raiders are set to duel. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If South Paulding beats East Paulding with 11 runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. South Paulding never let Lithia Springs onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, East Paulding got the win against New Manchester on Tuesday by a conclusive 15-0.
JJ Sweat looked comfortable as she pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Ella Heal and Andrea Davis did most of the damage at the plate: Heal went 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple, while Davis went 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ansleigh Broome, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI and a double.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Paulding was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .346 or higher in seven consecutive matches.
South Paulding has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for East Paulding, their win bumped their record up to 21-3.
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