The Aliquippa Quips will venture away from home to square off against the Laurel Spartans at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Aliquippa is coming into the match on a nine-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Monday just wasn't the day for Aliquippa's offense. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 15-0 to Neshannock, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Laurel). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Freedom Area a 19-0 shutout on Monday. The Spartans haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Laurel got a massive performance out of Ivy Pancher, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Pancher has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Mayci Lang, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and three RBI.
Laurel was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .524. They are 3-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Aliquippa's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Laurel, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Aliquippa suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Laurel when the teams last played back in April of 2019. Can the Quips avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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