Laurel has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Ellwood City Wolverine at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Laurel knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past four matchups -- so hopefully Ellwood City likes a good challenge.
In what's become a running theme this season, Laurel gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. Everything went their way against Shenango as Laurel made off with a 12-1 victory. That's two games straight that Laurel has won by exactly 11 runs.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Ellwood City's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Central Valley by a score of 6-5.
Amber McQuistion put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. McQuistion has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 12 consecutive pitching appearances. McQuistion was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
McQuistion wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Lena Lucarelli, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Laurel pushed their record up to 7-2 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Ellwood City, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-3.
Laurel came up short against Ellwood City in their previous meeting back in April of 2016, falling 11-6. Thankfully for Laurel, Skyla Greco (who struck out eight batters over 11 innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off 13 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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