The Queen's Grant Stallions will square off against the Forest Hills Yellow Jackets at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Queen's Grant has seven straight wins, Forest Hills has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, Queen's Grant sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 victory over Greater Cabarrus S. That's two games straight that Queen's Grant has won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Melissa Detweiler, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Harmony Hernandez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills lost 17-2 to Central Academy on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Yellow Jackets have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Forest Hills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maggie Weber, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Queen's Grant's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Forest Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Forest Hills' pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Queen's Grant hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .437. It's a different story for Forest Hills, though, as they've only averaged .256. Will they be able to contain Queen's Grant's hitters?
Queen's Grant took their victory against Forest Hills in their previous meeting last Monday by a conclusive 19-0. Will Queen's Grant repeat their success, or does Forest Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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