The Oak Creek Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Franklin Sabers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Oak Creek sitting on four straight victories and Franklin on eight.
Oak Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Racine Horlick get on the board and left with a 20-0 win on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Claire Mank made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Mank was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Aly Skrobis was a standout: she got on base in all five of her plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Rita Sippy, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.
Oak Creek always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .651. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Franklin got the win against Racine Case on Wednesday by a conclusive 16-0. The result was nothing new for the Sabers, who have now won six games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Oak Creek's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Franklin, their record now sits at 9-4.
Oak Creek might still be hurting after the 12-4 loss they got from Franklin in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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