The Arabia Mountain Rams will face off against the Druid Hills Red Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Arabia Mountain is out to stop a five-game streak of losses at home.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Arabia Mountain finally turned things around against Tri-Cities on Wednesday. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over the Bulldogs.
Shayla Mentor-McLean was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Mentor-McLean was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a triple and a run.
In other batting news, Makayla Smith and Samiyah Zellars did most of the damage at the plate: Smith scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Zellars went 1-for-2 with a home run and four RBI. What's more, Smith also racked up two hits, the mostshe's had since back in August of 2023. Another player making a difference was Jaloni Williams, who scored two runs and stole two bases.
Arabia Mountain was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 18 runs the game before, Druid Hills was a bit more limited in their match on Wednesday. They lost 13-1 to North Springs. The Red Devils haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Arabia Mountain's win bumped their record up to 3-9. As for Druid Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Everything went Arabia Mountain's way against Druid Hills in their previous matchup back in August of 2023 as Arabia Mountain made off with a 21-13 victory. Will Arabia Mountain repeat their success, or does Druid Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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