The Harris County Tigers will square off against the McIntosh County Academy Buccaneers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Harris County is coming into the contest hot, having won their last nine games.
Harris County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Houston County, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Harris County was ranked second). The Tigers never let the Bears get on the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Monday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 17 games by seven runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Gracie Guthrey, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Gatewood, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
Harris County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .310 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, McIntosh County Academy lost 13-1 to Treutlen on Wednesday. The Buccaneers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
McIntosh County Academy's loss dropped their record down to 9-20. As for Harris County, their win bumped their record up to 23-4.
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