The Lanier Longhorns are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Roswell Hornets at 6:00 p.m. Lanier will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Lanier finally turned things around against Gainesville on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Red Elephants with a sharp 13-2 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Longhorns have posted since August 29th.
Sara Wilson and Isabella Burkhead did most of the damage at the plate: Wilson scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Burkhead scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Sophia Roche, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last game, Roswell made sure to put some runs up on the board against Johns Creek on Monday. Everything went Roswell's way against Johns Creek as Roswell made off with a 16-2 win. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Lanier's victory bumped their record up to 8-16. As for Roswell, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Lanier suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Roswell when the teams last played back in September. Can Lanier avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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