There's no place like home for Newport, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Line Mountain Eagles on Wednesday and snuck past 12-10. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Newport considering their two-run performance the game before.
For Line Mountain's part, they got a big performance out of Koera Leitzel, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Leitzel has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Sofia Ulrich, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her five plate appearances.
The victory got Newport back to even at 2-2. As for Line Mountain, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-5.
Newport will look to defend their home field on Monday against Juniata at 6:30 p.m. Juniata will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Newport surely won't give up without a fight. As for Line Mountain, they will head out on the road to challenge Shikellamy at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Shikellamy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
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