The Covington Chargers will head out on the road to challenge the Arlington Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Covington has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since the fifth.
On Tuesday, Covington came up short against Munford and fell 11-8.
Micayla Scott stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: she went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Madison Hamm, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-5.
Meanwhile, Arlington put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Bartlett 14-3.
Arlington let Addie Graham and McKenzie Walker loose on the outfield. Graham scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Walker scored four runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Graham has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tatum Bittick, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Covington's defeat dropped their record down to 3-21. As for Arlington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Covington suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Arlington in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Arlington's Kendall Wilkie, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that Covington 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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