Pope County has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Dongola Demons at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Pope County needed a bit of extra time to put away Norris City-Omaha-Enfield. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Fighting Cardinals and snuck past 3-2.
MADDIE WALKER spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up ten Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Pope County's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was RYLEE ALLEN, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Dongola owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They had just enough and edged Cobden out 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Dongola.
Pope County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-13 record this season. As for Dongola, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-7.
Everything went Pope County's way against Dongola in their previous meeting back in March as Pope County made off with a 12-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pope County since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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