Farrell has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Mercer Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Farrell lost 18-2 to Wilmington on Friday. Farrell has not had much luck with Wilmington recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Madalynn Harrison was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 22 runs the game before, Mercer was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They fell just short of West Middlesex by a score of 3-1.
Angelina Eakman was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, she struck out 19 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Eakman was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Eakman wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Pressley Washil, who went 1-for-3 with a triple.
Even though they lost, Mercer didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 19 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Farrell's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Mercer, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-4.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Farrell has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.9 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Mercer struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.2. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Farrell might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from Mercer in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eakman, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Now that Farrell 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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