Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe is 8-2 against North Murray since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Warriors will welcome the North Murray Mountaineers at 5:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Thursday, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Union County 2-1.
Lakely Parrish spent all ten innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up 14 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 12 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Micha Valdes, who scored a run while going 1-for-5.
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, North Murray fell victim to Coahulla Creek and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Colts. The Mountaineers haven't had much luck with the Colts recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe's win bumped their record up to 8-10. As for North Murray, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-19.
Everything went Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe's way against North Murray in their previous matchup back in August as Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe made off with an 11-0 victory. Does Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Murray turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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