Albemarle is 1-9 against Louisa County since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Albemarle Patriots will look to defend their home field against the Louisa County Lions at 6:30 p.m.
Albemarle is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Monticello on Monday. They lost 8-2 to the Mustangs.
Ava Whitman spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and five unearned) runs on five hits.
On the hitting side, Albemarle saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mari Coles, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Louisa County put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Fluvanna County 12-2. The win was familiar territory for Louisa County who now have six in a row.
Albemarle's loss dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Louisa County, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Albemarle suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to 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 didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Now that Albemarle 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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