The Lunenburg Central Chargers will challenge the Southampton Indians at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lunenburg Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Prince Edward County a 15-0 shutout last Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Southampton made easy work of Brunswick on Thursday and carried off a 19-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won seven games by 11 runs or more so far this season.
Southampton let Charlee Powell and Stanyiah Darden run wild. Powell got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base, while Darden got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs and one RBI. That's the most runs Darden has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Leah Frame, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, one run, and one double.
Southampton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They are a perfect 6-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Southampton is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Lunenburg Central, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5.
Lunenburg Central got the 'W' when the teams last played back in April of 2025 against Southampton by a conclusive 10-0 score. Will the Chargers repeat their success, or do the Indians have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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