The Merion Mercy Academy Golden Bears will head out on the road to take on the Gwynedd Mercy Academy Monarchs at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Merion Mercy Academy has seven straight wins, Gwynedd Mercy Academy has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Merion Mercy Academy will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Gwynedd Mercy Academy, who they had gone 1-6 against in their seven prior meetings. The Golden Bears were the clear victors by a 10-2 margin over the Monarchs on Thursday. The Golden Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by six runs or more this season.
For Gwynedd Mercy Academy's part, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abby Howard, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run. Payton Krapf was another, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run.
Merion Mercy Academy pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.4 runs over those games. As for Gwynedd Mercy Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
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