The matchup between West Noble and Prairie Heights on Wednesday hardly resembled the 1-0 effort from their previous meeting. The West Noble Chargers lost 16-8 to the Prairie Heights Panthers. West Noble's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Emily Thompson made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Julia Vargas, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
On Prairie Heights' side, Febie Booher made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. Booher was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Emily McCrea was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-6. Neveah Orr was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
West Noble's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-9. As for Prairie Heights, they pushed their record up to 8-7 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
West Noble will be playing in front of their home fans against Eastside at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Eastside's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so West Noble's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Prairie Heights, they will head out on the road to take on Fairfield at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Prairie Heights is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season.
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