The Botkins Trojans will challenge the Waynesfield-Goshen Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Waynesfield-Goshen took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Botkins, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, Botkins needed a bit of extra time to put away Fairlawn. They walked away with a 7-3 win over the Jets. The victory continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Jets: they've now won three in a row.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three contests, Waynesfield-Goshen finally came back down to earth on Tuesday. They fell just short of Elgin by a score of 1-0. The Tigers' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Waynesfield-Goshen saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was S. Spillis, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base. Spillis is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games she's played. Makenna Shaw also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.
Botkins' win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-5. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Waynesfield-Goshen, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-4.
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