If Buckhannon-Upshur was riding high off their 9-3 takedown of Preston last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers suffered a rough 16-7 loss at the hands of the Morgantown Mohigans on Thursday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Buckhannon-Upshur of the 12-3 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2019.
Alyssa Abel and Kailey Hart stepped up to the plate in a big way. Abel went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Hart went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Hamer, who went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Buckhannon-Upshur's loss dropped their record down to 12-15. As for Morgantown, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Buckhannon-Upshur has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Liberty at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Buckhannon-Upshur is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season. As for Morgantown, they are on the road again on Friday to play Brooke at 5:30 p.m. Morgantown will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
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