The Wooster Colts will head out on the road to face off against the North Valleys Panthers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Wooster beats North Valleys with seven runs on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Wooster never let Hug onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory on Saturday. That's two games straight that Wooster has won by exactly seven runs.
Meanwhile, North Valleys came tearing into Wednesday's match with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Wolverines by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 16-1. Considering North Valleys has won 15 contests by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Brittney Byram made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Byram has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Byram was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI.
In other batting news, Lillian Lafontaine and Staci Davis did most of the damage at the plate: Lafontaine went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI, while Davis went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two runs, and a double. Lafontaine hasn't dropped below four RBI for four straight games. Karli Klein was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double.
The win made it two in a row for Wooster and bumps their season record up to 4-12. As for North Valleys, their victory was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-3.
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