The Pine Ridge Panthers will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Orangewood Christian Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Pine Ridge is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They lost 19-4 to Leesburg.
Pine Ridge saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hailee Altizer, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Pine Ridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. The last time their OBP was this high was since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Orangewood Christian unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of Master's Academy by a score of 5-4 on Thursday.
Mai TellezMartinez was huge no matter where she played even without the win. On the mound, she pitched seven innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. TellezMartinez was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.
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