The Salem Greyhounds will take on the Yellville-Summit Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Salem knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Yellville-Summit likes a good challenge.
Salem's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over Cave City. The Greyhounds haven't had any issues with the Cavemen recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Callie Hall made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run any time she's pitched this season. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
In other batting news, Salem got a massive performance out of Olivia Smith, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Allison Smith, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
Salem always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Yellville-Summit didn't have quite enough to beat Mountain View on Tuesday and fell 6-5.
Salem pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Yellville-Summit, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
Salem took their victory against Yellville-Summit when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 22-0 score. Will the Greyhounds repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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