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| 04/05/17 - Away | 11-6 W |
| 04/12/16 - Away | 6-5 W |
| 04/27/15 - Away | 12-2 W |
| 04/10/15 - Home | 12-2 W |
Grove City is a perfect 4-0 against Newark since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Greyhounds will be playing at home against the Wildcats at 5:00 p.m.
Grove City couldn't beat Marysville on Thursday even though they stacked four runs on them in the second inning. The Greyhounds came up short against the Monarchs, falling 14-8. The Greyhounds have struggled against the Monarchs recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newark). They never let Newark Catholic get on the board and left with a 25-0 victory on Saturday. With that win, the Wildcats brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Amora Spring tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Newark got a massive performance out of Lexi Shanaberg, who went 4-for-5 with one home run, six RBI, and four runs. What's more, Shanaberg posted two doubles, the most she's had since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Lauren Queen, who went 3-for-5 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs.
Newark always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .690. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Newark moved to 8-15 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Grove City, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Grove City beat Newark 11-6 in their previous meeting back in April of 2017. Will the Greyhounds repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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