The Oak Grove Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Richmond Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. 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.
It was a proper cat-fight when Oak Grove duked it out withSmith-Cotton on Monday. Oak Grove took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Smith-Cotton.
Molly Munson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and three unearned) runs on four hits and racked up 14 Ks. What's more, she also racked up no home runs, the mostshe's had since back in September.
At the plate, Brianna Craig made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. What's more, she also racked up two hits, the mostshe's had in her last five contests.
Even though they lost, Oak Grove didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Richmond was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 28th straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 21-1 to Knob Noster.
Oak Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 20-10. As for Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 0-23.
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