Ooltewah has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Lookout Valley Yellowjackets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Ooltewah knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past three games -- so hopefully Lookout Valley likes a good challenge.
Last Thursday, while Ooltewah put up plenty of runs, the same can't be said for Signal Mountain. Ooltewah put the hurt on Signal Mountain with a sharp 15-0 win.
Ooltewah got a big performance out of Brooklyn Smith, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Katelyn Gelbaugh, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Lookout Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of South Pittsburg. The match marked that first time this year in which Lookout Valley was not able to get on the board.
Lookout Valley saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordan Addison, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Ooltewah's victory bumped their record up to 5-9. As for Lookout Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Ooltewah came up short against Lookout Valley in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 8-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lookout Valley's Brandi Tate, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off 15 hits (she also didn't allow any walks). Now that Ooltewah knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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