The Abingdon Falcons will head out to take on the Brookville Bees at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Brookville will be up against a hot Abingdon squad: the team just extended their winning streak to six. Everything went the Falcons' way against Union on Friday as they made off with an 18-8 victory. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by six runs or more this season.
Lauren Baker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Baker was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances. That stolen base marked the first that she snagged this season.
In other batting news, Abingdon got a massive performance out of Muriel Dillow, who went 4-for-5 with four RBI and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Mariah Branscomb, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-5.
Meanwhile, Brookville never let their opponents score on Friday. Everything went their way against Buffalo Gap as they made off with a 10-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Bees, who have now won four contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Brookville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Abingdon, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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