The Sparkman Senators will face off against the Brookwood Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Sparkman is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
Sparkman is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Hazel Green just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Thursday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (13-3), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Sparkman saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bella Mayfield, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, Brookwood fell victim to American Christian Academy and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots. Having soared to a lofty 22 runs in the game before, the Panthers' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Brookwood's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 30-12. As for Sparkman, their loss dropped their record down to 31-10-1.
Sparkman couldn't quite finish off Brookwood when the teams last played back in March of 2024 and fell 4-2. Can the Senators avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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