East Palestine scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Leetonia Bears as the East Palestine Bulldogs made off with a 16-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for East Palestine.
Kennedy Andre made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Andre was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
In other batting news, East Palestine got a massive performance out of Maddison Foster, who went 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Leila Martin, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
East Palestine is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Leetonia, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-11.
East Palestine will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Columbiana at 5:00 p.m. Both teams will come into the contest having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Leetonia, they will head out on the road to square off against McKinley at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Leetonia is facing McKinley at the right time seeing as McKinley is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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