Meadville has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Conneaut Area Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meadville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.
Meadville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Cathedral Prep on Tuesday. They lost 15-1 to the Ramblers. Meadville has not had much luck with Cathedral Prep recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meadville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addyson Kregel, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, Conneaut Area made sure to put some runs up on the board against Erie on Thursday. Conneaut Area blew past Erie 18-3.
Meadville's loss ended a 13-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-3. As for Conneaut Area, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-8 record this season.
Meadville took their win against Conneaut Area in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 11-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Meadville since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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