Pell City is 0-3 against Central since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Pell City Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Central Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Pell City sitting on four straight victories and Central on 36.
In what's become a running theme this season, Pell City gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Moody a 14-0 shutout.
Savannah McGaha looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nyla Treptau, who scored three runs while going 4-for-4. Another player making a difference was Kennadi Johnson, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
Meanwhile, Central put the finishing touches on their 27th blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 16-6 margin over Alabama Christian Academy.
The team relied heavily on Kamryn Hammock, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Gerritt Griggs, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Pell City is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-14 record this season. As for Central, they pushed their record up to 40-3-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Pell City hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Pell City might still be hurting after the 10-4 loss they got from Central in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Central's Allyson Supan, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Pell City 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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