The North Ridgeville Rangers will head out on the road to face off against the Steele Comets at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Steele took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on North Ridgeville, who comes in off a win.
North Ridgeville is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Avon Lake on Wednesday as North Ridgeville made off with a 19-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for North Ridgeville considering their one-run performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Steele fell victim to North Ridgeville and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Rangers by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, Steele's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Karina Shuster spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on eight hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Steele saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nevaeh Sadler, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
North Ridgeville has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Steele, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-5.
North Ridgeville came out on top in a nail-biter against Steele in their previous meeting on Tuesday, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Ridgeville since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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