The Shelby Golden Lions will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets at 6:00 p.m.
Shelby will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run back in March, then bounced right back against Bessemer City on Wednesday. Shelby walked away with an 11-7 win over Bessemer City.
For Bessemer City's part, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ella Pursley, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Bessemer City didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Shelby is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Bessemer City, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.
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