Sand Creek is on a four-game streak of home losses, Mitchell an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Sand Creek Scorpions will welcome the Mitchell Marauders at 3:30 p.m. Sand Creek knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Mitchell likes a good challenge.
On Tuesday, Sand Creek came up short against Sierra and fell 13-10.
Sailor Livingston was huge no matter where she played even without the win. On the mound, she struck out 17 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up seven earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in August. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two triples, and three runs.
In other batting news, Kayla Dempsey was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Sand Creek didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 19 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Mitchell's offense. They lost 15-0 to Elizabeth on Tuesday.
Sand Creek's loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Mitchell, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-17.
Everything went Sand Creek's way against Mitchell in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Sand Creek made off with a 28-0 win. Does Sand Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mitchell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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