The Alcoa Tornadoes will challenge the Halls Red Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Alcoa is coming into the contest hot, having won their last eight games.
On Saturday, Alcoa beat Powell 4-1.
Halle Bailey was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Makenna McCarter, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles.
Meanwhile, after a string of ten wins, Halls' good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Gibbs by a score of 3-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last six times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Halls saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Makaylie Hutchison, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base and one run.
Alcoa pushed their record up to 28-6-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Halls, their defeat dropped their record down to 27-5-1.
Both Alcoa and Halls just can't seem to miss. The Tornadoes have been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 8.9 hits per game. However, it's not like Halls struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 2.7 hits. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Alcoa came out on top in a nail-biter against Halls in their previous meeting on April 2nd, sneaking past 3-2. Do the Tornadoes have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Red Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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