The Scott City Rams will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Charleston Bluejays at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Scott City has seven straight wins, Charleston has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Scott City is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Central, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Scott City was ranked 22nd). Scott City walked away with a 12-7 victory over Central on Tuesday.
Alyssa Dirden was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up five earned (and two unearned) runs off 11 hits. Dirden was even better at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Ava Huckstep was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Harley Glueck was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Charleston suffered a rough 16-1 loss at the hands of Oran on Wednesday. That's two games in a row now that Charleston has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Scott City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Charleston, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Everything went Scott City's way against Charleston when the teams last played back in April of 2018 as Scott City made off with a 16-1 win. Will Scott City repeat their success, or does Charleston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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