The Avon Falcons will head out on the road to square off against the Platt Panthers at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Avon has three straight victories, Platt has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Avon didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Hall on Friday as they made off with an 8-0 win. Considering the Falcons have won six games by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Platt's offense. They came up short against RHAM on Friday, falling 22-0. The contest marked the first time this year in which the Panthers were not able to get on the board.
Platt saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anna Gostkowski, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Avon's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Platt, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
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