New Philadelphia has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the John Glenn Little Muskies at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. New Philadelphia will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
New Philadelphia is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand East Liverpool a 20-0 shutout on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for New Philadelphia, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, John Glenn entered their tilt with River View with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Black Bears on Wednesday and snuck past 2-0. That's two games straight that John Glenn has won by exactly two runs.
Not much got past Sydney Marshall, who gave up just five hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep River View off the board. Marshall has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
New Philadelphia is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for John Glenn, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-6.
New Philadelphia came out on top in a nail-biter against John Glenn when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Marshall, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will New Philadelphia still be able to contain Marshall? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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