Marlette is still undefeated this season after their contest against Reese on Monday, but Reese came as close as anyone has to beating them. The Marlette Red Raiders sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 13-11 victory over the Reese Rockets. 13 seems to be a good number for Marlette as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
For Reese's part, they got a massive performance out of Jaidyn VanOchten, who got on base in three of her five plate appearances with four RBI and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Breelie Louis, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Reese always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .578. That's the best OBP they've managed all season.
Marlette's victory bumped their record up to 5-0-1. As for Reese, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.
Marlette will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Deckerville at 4:00 p.m. Marlette's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Deckerville's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Reese, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, an 11-0 loss vs. Pinconning on the 16th.
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