The Henderson Lions will square off against the Athens Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Henderson 3.5, Athens 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Henderson is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Carthage on Friday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs.
Henderson got a good showing from Lainey Ropp, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Furthermore, Ropp didn't allow a single walk, the first time she has blanked an opponent since back in February.
On the hitting side, Henderson saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenidii Hogg, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Athens beat Brownsboro 6-2 on Friday.
Henderson's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 20-12-1. As for Athens, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 21-10-1.
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