The Pleasant Hill Wolves will take on the Barry Western Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Pleasant Hill is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Pleasant Hill easily dispatched Mendon Unity on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Wolves fell just short of Carlinville by a score of 4-2 on Saturday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Wolves couldn't push the score so high this time.
Ava Wombles spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on ten hits and racked up eight Ks. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Pleasant Hill saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaitlyn Borrowman, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Barry Western came up short against Pittsfield on Friday, falling 12-5. The Wildcats have struggled against the Saukees recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Pleasant Hill's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-9. As for Barry Western, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-14.
Pleasant Hill skirted past Barry Western 4-2 when the teams last played last Friday. Will the Wolves repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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