Tiftarea Academy dropped to 10-7 on Thursday, ending the team's five-game streak of wins on the road. They came up short against the Telfair County Trojans, falling 9-2. The Panthers were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior), but the Trojans' pitcher proved too tough.
Tiftarea Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carmen Corkern, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
As for Telfair County, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-10. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won nine games by seven runs or more so far this season.
On Telfair County's side, Lylah Cate Jones spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up six Ks.
On the hitting side, Keely Johnson was incredible, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with four stolen bases and two runs. Those four stolen bases gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Perry Grace DeLoach, who got on base in two of her four plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.
As of now, neither Tiftarea Academy nor Telfair County have any future games scheduled.
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