The Apollo Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Muhlenberg County Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Apollo will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
If Apollo beats Muhlenberg County with seven runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Apollo came out on top against Jasper by a score of 7-3 on Thursday.
Taylor Clark was incredible, scoring three runs while going 4-for-4. Another player making a difference was Arianna Ramirez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Muhlenberg County made sure to put some runs up on the board against McLean County on Thursday. Muhlenberg County blew past McLean County 18-0. Muhlenberg County might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five games by six runs or more this season.
Bella McCarraher was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. McCarraher was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Joshlynn Noe was a standout: she scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Noe is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: she's stolen at least one every time she's taken the field this season. Jaycee Phillips was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
The victory got Apollo back to even at 10-10. As for Muhlenberg County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Apollo came up short against Muhlenberg County in their previous meeting back in April of 2016, falling 4-1. Thankfully for Apollo, Madison Simms (who tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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