Armuchee has been away from home for three games now, but on Wednesday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Darlington Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Armuchee is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
Armuchee will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Thursday, then bounced right back against Rome on Tuesday. Armuchee put the hurt on Rome with a sharp 22-3 win. Considering the Indians have won six games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Armuchee got a massive performance out of Emily Garrison, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Tori Vitello was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Armuchee always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .595. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 45.6%.
Meanwhile, Darlington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They lost 15-0 to Bremen.
The victory got Armuchee back to even at 8-8. As for Darlington, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Armuchee skirted past Darlington 8-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Armuchee repeat their success, or does Darlington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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