The Abbeville Panthers will take on the Ware Shoals Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Abbeville will be strutting in after a win while Ware Shoals will be coming in after a loss.
On Friday, Abbeville made easy work of Thornwell and carried off a 13-5 victory. Considering the Panthers have won nine matches by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Whitmire hit Ware Shoals with a seven-run seventh inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Hornets fell just short of the Wolverines by a score of 9-8. The defeat continues a trend for the Hornets in their meetings with the Wolverines: they've now lost eight in a row.
Paisley Pelfrey was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and one triple. Bella Davis was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Abbeville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.2 runs over those games. As for Ware Shoals, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.
Abbeville took their victory against Ware Shoals in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 17-7 score. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Hornets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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