The Chalker Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Bloomfield Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chalker has five straight wins, Bloomfield has 12 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Chalker stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Everything went their way against Lordstown as Chalker made off with a 13-3 victory.
Gabby Hromada was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Hromada has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hromada was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Chalker let Gabby Nieves and Morgan Strock loose on the outfield. Nieves scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5, while Strock scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Julia Krukowski was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Bloomfield's offense. They lost 8-0 to Pymatuning Valley on Wednesday. The match marked the first time this year in which Bloomfield was not able to get on the board.
Chalker's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2. As for Bloomfield, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Everything went Chalker's way against Bloomfield when the teams last played back in April as Chalker made off with a 21-6 victory. Does Chalker have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bloomfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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