South Point and Portsmouth are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The South Point Pointers will be playing at home against the Portsmouth Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for South Point and three for Portsmouth.
South Point lost 15-4 to Rock Hill on Friday.
South Point saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddy Evans, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth fell victim to Ironton and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Fighting Tigers.
South Point's loss dropped their record down to 4-16. As for Portsmouth, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.
South Point suffered a grim 18-4 defeat to Portsmouth in their previous meeting on April 6th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Portsmouth's Katie Ankrom, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and not a single walk). Now that South Point 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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