The Edgewater Eagles will challenge the East River Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Edgewater has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with 29 straight losses, while East River will come in with seven straight wins.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Eagles on Tuesday. Edgewater lost 23-10 to Legacy Charter.
Meanwhile, East River got themselves on the board against Colonial on Tuesday, but Colonial never followed suit. They blew past the Grenadiers 15-0. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by six runs or more this season.
Talisa Soto made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out six batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than one walk in 12 consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Jenna McCormick and Gaby Angueira did most of the damage at the plate: McCormick scored two runs while going 3-for-3, while Angueira scored three runs while going 3-for-3. Those three runs gave Angueira a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Emma Hammond, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
East River was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .667. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
East River pushed their record up to 13-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Edgewater, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-14.
Edgewater might still be hurting after the 22-0 loss they got from East River in their previous matchup back in February of 2015. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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