Greensburg Salem hasn't had much luck against Knoch recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Golden Lions will face off against the Knights at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Greensburg Salem sitting on three straight victories and Knoch on 14.
Greensburg Salem's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Valley with a sharp 14-0 win. With that victory, the Golden Lions brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Cate Waugaman was a standout: she went 1-for-2 with one home run and three RBI. Tymara White was another key player, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Knoch got the win against Valley on Tuesday by a conclusive 16-3. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 games by seven runs or more this season.
Emersyn Jones and Lindsey Wise made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Jones tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Wise tossed three innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. At the plate, Jones went 3-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and three runs, while Wise went 3-for-4 with two runs. That's the most RBI Jones has posted since back in March.
In other batting news, Knoch got a massive performance out of Zoey Wyant, who went 3-for-4 with four runs, one triple, and two RBI. Those four runs gave Wyant a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kaila Purcell, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.
Knoch was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .484. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Knoch's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-1. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Greensburg Salem, their record is now 9-4.
Greensburg Salem couldn't quite finish off Knoch in their previous meeting on April 14th and fell 2-0. Can the Golden Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
