The Clearfield Bison will take on the St. Marys Flying Dutch at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Clearfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They never let Bradford onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clearfield.
Not much got past Megan Wisor, who gave up just six hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Bradford off the board.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Aevril Hayward, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, St. Marys stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard last Thursday. Everything went their way against Elk County Catholic as St. Marys made off with a 13-3 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what St. Marys needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Molly Hanslovan was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Addison Beimel, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Clearfield has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season. As for St. Marys, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Clearfield hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like St. Marys struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Clearfield suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to St. Marys in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Marys' Avery Eckels, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over six innings pitched. Now that Clearfield knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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