The Willow Spring Storm will head out on the road to face off against the Leesville Road Pride at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Willow Spring has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Leesville Road will come in with five straight victories.
Willow Spring fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Apex Friendship on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-2 to the Patriots, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Willow Spring saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tommy Collins, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another was Gio Tafalla, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Leesville Road beat Athens Drive 6-2 on Thursday.
Avery Morton looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances.
Leesville Road's win bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Willow Spring, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
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