The Skyline Tigers will take on the Marionville Comets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Skyline will come into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Skyline is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Diamond, who was ranked third at the time (Skyline was ranked first). The Tigers beat the Wildcats on Wednesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1.
The home team had come away the winner the last six times Marionville and Ash Grove had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Comets fell just short of the Pirates by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Comets have suffered since March 22nd.
Ashlin Carr spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on eight hits and racked up seven Ks. Those hits were her first of the season.
At the plate, Marionville saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Oczkus, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Skyline pushed their record up to 17-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.1 runs over those games. As for Marionville, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
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