The Springfield Blue Devils will square off against the Perrysburg Yellow Jackets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Springfield sitting on nine straight wins and Perrysburg on 24.
Springfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Central Catholic, sneaking past 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Blue Devils have posted since April 14th.
Meanwhile, Perrysburg won against Medina on Wednesday with nine runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Yellow Jackets beat the Battling Bees by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 9-3. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 games by six runs or more this season.
Maddie Von Sacken spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned runs on six hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Hayley Griggs, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two stolen bases, and two runs. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Bradford, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Perrysburg pushed their record up to 25-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Springfield, their record is now 20-8.
Springfield couldn't quite get it done against Perrysburg in their previous meeting back in April as they fell 9-5. Can the Blue Devils avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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