After both having extra time off, the Robertsdale Golden Bears and the Baldwin County Tigers will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Robertsdale will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
In what's become a running theme this season, Robertsdale gave their fans yet another huge victory last Tuesday. They put the hurt on W.S. Neal with a sharp 14-3 win.
Rylee Budke was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (she also didn't allow any walks). Budke has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Budke was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5.
In other batting news, Mallorie Rothe was incredible, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Justice Condry, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Baldwin County fell victim to Daphne and their airtight pitching crew last Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 12-0 walloping at the hands of the Trojans. Baldwin County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Baldwin County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryann Wallace, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Robertsdale is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Baldwin County, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
Robertsdale suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Baldwin County in their previous matchup on March 12th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Baldwin County's Madilyn Byrd, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. Now that Robertsdale 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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