The Stark County Rebels will head out on the road to square off against the Knoxville Blue Bullets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Stark County will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Abingdon/Avon, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. The Rebels never let the Tornadoes get on the board and left with an 8-0 win on Thursday. The victory was nothing new for the Rebels as they're now sitting on three straight.
Not much got past Brooklynn Ostrowski, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Abingdon/Avon off the board. Ostrowski has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.
Cambri Holmstrom
| 04/17/25 @ Abingdon/Avon | 2 |
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Cambri Holmstrom, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base. Those two hits gave her a new career-high. Taylor Price also deserves some recognition as she scored her first run of the season.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Stark County kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.5 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 9.
Meanwhile, Knoxville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They blew past the Princes 13-3. The Blue Bullets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by ten runs or more this season.
Knoxville now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Stark County, their record now sits at 5-6.
Stark County might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Knoxville in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Rebels avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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