The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Clay Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Lynchburg-Clay's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Clay has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Lynchburg-Clay is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Manchester on Wednesday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Greyhounds.
Avery Blankenship and Sophia. Michael stepped up to the plate in a big way. Blankenship went 1-for-1 with two RBI and a double, while Michael scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Clay had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington on Wednesday. That's two games in a row now that Clay has lost by just one run.
Clay saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emma Walker, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Lynchburg-Clay now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Clay, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lynchburg-Clay has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Clay struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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