Douglas County entered their tilt with Lithia Springs with three consecutive wins dating back to last season but they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Lithia Springs Lions with a sharp 20-5 victory on Tuesday. 20 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Morgan James made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over 2.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). James was also solid in the batter's box, 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 was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of 1.000. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now posted at least 0.3 batting average in three consecutive matches.
Douglas County's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Douglas County will venture away from home to challenge Temple at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Lithia Springs, they will host Langston Hughes at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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