The Clover Eagles will square off against the Dorman Cavaliers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Clover's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Dorman's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Clover is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Catawba Ridge, who was ranked 13th at the time (Clover was ranked 14th). The Eagles fell just short of the Copperheads by a score of 6-5 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Dorman had no trouble coming through when it counted. Everything went their way against Spartanburg on Monday as they made off with a 19-1 victory. The Cavaliers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Logan Owens, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and one triple. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Player #6, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and two runs.
Dorman was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .567. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in five consecutive games.
Dorman has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 12-12 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. As for Clover, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-7.
Clover got the 'W' when the teams last played back in March against Dorman by a conclusive 12-6 score. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Cavaliers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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