The McDowell Trojans will head out on the road to take on the Union City Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
McDowell's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Thursday, when they got past Cathedral Prep's usually-dominant pitching crew. McDowell blew past Cathedral Prep 13-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for McDowell.
Gabby DeLuca was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit (and only one walk). DeLuca has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. DeLuca was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Izzy Nageli, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Gracie Miller, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Union City waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Grape Pickers as they made off with an 11-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Union City considering their two-run performance the game before.
Alissa Leech was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Cathryn Reynolds, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
McDowell now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Union City, they pushed their record up to 9-8 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
McDowell suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Union City in their previous meeting back in April of 2021. Thankfully for McDowell, Abigail Tingley (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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