The Leonardtown Raiders will be playing at home against the Urbana Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Leonardtown's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Chopticon on Friday. They fell just short of the Braves by a score of 1-0. The loss continues a trend for Leonardtown in their matchups with Chopticon: they've now lost six in a row.
Claire Radford spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 12 consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Urbana unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. They lost 8-2 to Damascus.
Leonardtown's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Urbana, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-6.
Leonardtown skirted past Urbana 1-0 when the teams last played back in March of 2016. Will Leonardtown repeat their success, or does Urbana have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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