Bland County is 0-10 against Auburn since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Bland County Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Auburn Eagles at 5:00 p.m.
Neither Bland County nor Northwood made it onto the board on Wednesday thanks to some airtight pitching. After nine innings, the two teams settled for a 0-0 draw.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last contest, Auburn made sure to put some runs up on the board against Giles on Friday. Auburn never let Giles onto the board and left with an 11-0 win.
McKenzie Booth was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Booth has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single walk in four consecutive pitching appearances. Booth was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Auburn got a massive performance out of Hope Wilson, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Haley Greenhalgh was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
With that tie, Bland County's record moves to 0-1-2. As for Auburn, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Bland County might still be hurting after the 18-0 loss they got from Auburn when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Bland County, Kirsten Fleet (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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