Blountstown is 0-10 against Liberty County since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Blountstown Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Liberty County Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Blountstown is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.
Blountstown stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against Rutherford as Blountstown made off with a 15-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Blountstown considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Cyianna Smith was incredible, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3. Jalynn Copeland was another key contributor, scoring three runs.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Liberty County's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Marianna by a score of 5-3.
Blountstown is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Liberty County, their loss dropped their record down to 13-5.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Blountstown has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.9 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Liberty County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Blountstown suffered a grim 15-5 defeat to Liberty County in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Liberty County's Lauren Grantham, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off three hits. Now that Blountstown 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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