West Greene waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Mapletown Maples 5-4. That's more bragging rights for West Greene, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Payton Gilbert made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. Gilbert was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Madelyn Roberts and Marissa Tharp did most of the damage at the plate: Roberts scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Tharp scored a run while going 3-for-4.
West Greene has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Mapletown, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
West Greene will play host again on Wednesday to welcome Jefferson-Morgan, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:00 p.m. As for Mapletown, they will head out on the road to challenge Avella at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Mapletown is facing Avella at the right time seeing as Avella is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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