Patton has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the R-S Central Hilltoppers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Wednesday, Patton fell victim to a tough 16-1 defeat at the hands of West Lincoln.
Patton saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Katie Lail, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, R-S Central had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They walked away with a 9-4 victory over the Wolverines.
The team relied heavily on Alexis Nanney, who went 4-for-5 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Lillie Beheler, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Patton's loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-12. As for R-S Central, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Patton suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to R-S Central in their previous meeting on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of R-S Central's Maeli Crain, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Patton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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