The Lewis County Minutemen will head out on the road to take on the Roane County Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lewis County: 3.8, Roane County: 1.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Lewis County will head into Wednesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 17) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Clay County 6-4.
The team relied heavily on Courtney Boggs, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Adaleigh Curry, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Roane County fell victim to Hoover and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 8-0 to the Huskies. Roane County has not had much luck with Hoover recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Lewis County pushed their record up to 20-6 with that win, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Roane County, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-3.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Lewis County hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like Roane County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Lewis County came up short against Roane County in their previous matchup on Tuesday, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roane County's Mahailey Nicholson, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. Now that Lewis County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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