The Sherwood Bowmen will head out on the road to square off against the Glencoe Crimson Tide at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Sherwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Sherwood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Sheldon, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Sherwood was ranked 11th). Sherwood fell just short of Sheldon by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 17 runs in the game before, Sherwood couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Glencoe had to settle for a 7-6 loss against McMinnville on Wednesday.
Tuesday Mevis led a balanced group of hitters, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Makena Petrick was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Sherwood's defeat dropped their record down to 18-5. As for Glencoe, their loss dropped their record down to 13-11.
Sherwood came out on top in a nail-biter against Glencoe in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 1-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Glencoe's Bailey Farrimond, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Sherwood still be able to contain Farrimond? There's only one way to find out.
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