The Orange Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Southern Alamance Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Orange fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Apex Friendship on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 16-15. That's two games in a row now that Orange has lost by just one run.
Orange got a massive performance out of Katie Carden, who scored three runs while going 4-for-6. Another player making a difference was Allie Carden, who went 4-for-6 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Even though they lost, Orange kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 21 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Southern Alamance entered their tilt with Apex with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They walked away with a 15-11 victory over the Cougars on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Southern Alamance has won by exactly four runs.
This is the second loss in a row for Orange and nudges their season record down to 14-4. As for Southern Alamance, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Orange skirted past Southern Alamance 5-4 when the teams last played on April 2nd. Will Orange repeat their success, or does Southern Alamance have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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