The Hickory Flat Rebels will venture away from home to take on the North Pontotoc Vikings at 9:00 p.m. on Friday. Hickory Flat is looking for their season's first win.
Hickory Flat fell victim to Potts Camp and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They came up short against the Cardinals, falling 20-0. Surprisingly, this marked the fourth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
North Pontotoc never got on the board in their matchup last Thursday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Biggersville last Thursday. Everything went their way against the Lions as they made off with a 13-1 victory. Considering the Vikings have won four matches by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Hailey Pitts looked comfortable as she tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. What's more, she gave up only one walk, the fewest she's had since back in February.
At the plate, Kinsley Frazier was a standout: she went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Sadie Rhea, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and three RBI.
North Pontotoc lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
The win got North Pontotoc back to even at 6-6. As for Hickory Flat, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
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