A feisty cat fight will be fought as Ninety Six Wildcats duke it out with Batesburg-Leesville Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ninety Six will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Ninety Six's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Ware Shoals 19-0. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won five contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Batesburg-Leesville's offense. They lost 12-0 to Strom Thurmond on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their meetings with the Rebels: they've now lost seven in a row.
Batesburg-Leesville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kate Shealy, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double.
Ninety Six is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.8 runs over those games. Having lost for the first time this season, Batesburg-Leesville fell to 2-1-1.
Ninety Six skirted past Batesburg-Leesville 7-6 in their previous meeting back in March of 2020. Will Ninety Six repeat their success, or does Batesburg-Leesville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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