Lakeside hasn't had much luck against Chamblee recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Lakeside Vikings will face off against the Chamblee Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Lakeside sitting on five straight wins and Chamblee on six.
Chamblee's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Lakeside hadn't allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. Lakeside never let Arabia Mountain onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory on Tuesday. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by six runs or more this season.
Rosalynn Turner and Caitlyn Bemiss did most of the damage at the plate: Turner scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances, while Bemiss scored three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Piper Brown, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lakeside always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .621. The last time their OBP was this high was back in August.
Meanwhile, Chamblee sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Milton on Wednesday.
Gali Nelson made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, she also posted a .500 batting average, which is the highestshe's posted since back in August. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Nelson wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kate Sarago, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Sarago is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Lakeside is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Chamblee, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Lakeside hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Chamblee struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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