The Mentor Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Medina Battling Bees at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Mentor came up short against North and fell 7-4.
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Medina can now relate to. They fell 6-3 to the Blue Streaks on Wednesday. Medina has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Medina saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sammi Rambo, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a double.
Even though they lost, Medina didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Magnificat only tossed three.
Mentor's record is now 16-8. As for Medina, their record is now 18-6.
Mentor skirted past Medina 3-1 when the teams last played back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mentor since the squad 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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