Fleming is 0-10 against Lord Botetourt since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Fleming Colonels are on the road again to play the Lord Botetourt Cavaliers at 5:30 p.m.
Fleming's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Northside on Friday. They lost 10-0 to the Vikings.
Meanwhile, Lord Botetourt had just enough and edged William Byrd out 5-4 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lord Botetourt.
The team relied heavily on Mikayla Reed, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Callie Kidd, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Fleming's defeat dropped their record down to 1-18-1. As for Lord Botetourt, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Fleming suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Lord Botetourt in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lord Botetourt's Grace Thomas, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that Fleming 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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