The Niceville Eagles will challenge the West Florida Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Niceville is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Niceville's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Navarre as they made off with an 8-0 victory. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Chloe Bailey made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. She has been consistent: she hasn't given up a single earned run in five consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Anabelle Shackelford, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. That's the most runs she has posted since back in March. Briana Noles was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Niceville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .440. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, West Florida didn't have quite enough to beat Daphne on Monday and fell 3-2. The Jaguars have struggled against the Trojans recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.
Niceville's win bumped their record up to 15-6. As for West Florida, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-11.
Niceville was able to grind out a solid victory over West Florida in their previous matchup back in February, winning 6-1. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Jaguars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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