Brantley County has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to square off against the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Brantley County knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten run or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Fitzgerald likes a good challenge.
Brantley County's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 13-0 margin over Fitzgerald. The Herons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by eight runs or more this season.
Mary Hall made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in strikeouts. Hall was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Rilee Story was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Emma Grace Blocker, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Brantley County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .360 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Brantley County's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-5. As for Fitzgerald, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-15.
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