The Douglas County Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Temple Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Douglas County will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak dating back to last season.
If Douglas County beats Temple with 20 runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Douglas County blew past Lithia Springs 20-5.
Morgan James made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over 2.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). James was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with three RBI and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Douglas County got a massive performance out of Kaylyn Arnold, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2. Aniya Matthews was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Douglas County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of 1.000. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now posted at least 0.5 OBP in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Temple didn't have quite enough to beat Villa Rica on Tuesday and fell 5-4.
Douglas County's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Temple, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Douglas County suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Temple in their previous meeting back in August of 2022. Can Douglas County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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