Brookfield and Girard are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Brookfield Warriors will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Girard Indians at 5:00 p.m. Brookfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Brookfield is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Badger on Thursday as Brookfield made off with a 15-4 win.
Madison Obermiyer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on five hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Arianna Jones and Jasmine Hubbard did most of the damage at the plate: Jones scored a run and stole two bases while going 4-for-4, while Hubbard scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Hubbard is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Cadence Huffman, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Girard was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. Their tough 17-1 loss to Poland Seminary might stick with them for a while.
Girard saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caylee Wilkes, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Brookfield's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-6. As for Girard, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Brookfield couldn't quite finish off Girard when the teams last played back in May of 2018 and fell 9-7. Can Brookfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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