Genoa Area is 1-9 against Oak Harbor since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Genoa Area Comets will be playing at home against the Oak Harbor Rockets at 4:45 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Genoa Area: 3.7, Oak Harbor: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Genoa Area's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Maumee and snuck past 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Genoa Area.
Kaylin Shields was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Shields has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Shields was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Shields wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Maddie Bronowski, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Oak Harbor had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 7-3. Winning may never get old, but Oak Harbor sure is getting used to it with their 14th in a row.
Karder Haas was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Reese Adkins, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Genoa Area's win bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Oak Harbor, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-2.
Genoa Area couldn't quite finish off Oak Harbor in their previous meeting back in April and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oak Harbor's Alyse Sorg, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Genoa Area 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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