Cumberland County is 1-9 against Stone Memorial since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Cumberland County Jets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Stone Memorial Panthers at 5:30 p.m. Neither Cumberland County nor Stone Memorial posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Cumberland County is is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 18-0 walloping at the hands of White County.
Stone Memorial's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to Upperman on Tuesday. Stone Memorial skirted past Livingston Academy 2-1.
Cadence Cox spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on one hit and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Stone Memorial saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ashely Whittenburg, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Cumberland County's loss dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Stone Memorial, the win got them back to even at 6-6.
Cumberland County suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Stone Memorial when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stone Memorial's Kara Vonachen, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Cumberland County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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