The Fluvanna County Flying Flucos will head out on the road to take on the Louisa County Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fluvanna County is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
On Wednesday, Fluvanna County came up short against Orange County and fell 9-4.
Meanwhile, Louisa County had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Black Knights a 19-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Louisa County, who have now won six matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Savannah Bragg was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Bragg was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Alyssa Hopkins was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Addie Talley, who fired off four doubles, a run, and an RBI while going 4-for-4.
Fluvanna County's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Louisa County, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
Fluvanna County might still be hurting after the 7-1 loss they got from Louisa County in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Louisa County's Lilly Ruckle, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that Fluvanna 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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