The Walnut Hills Eagles will head out to take on the Princeton Vikings at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Walnut Hills is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Turpin on Thursday. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Eagles have suffered since May 3, 2024.
Walnut Hills got a good showing from Ja'Leyah Griffin, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Walnut Hills saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Louisa Nacke, who went 1-for-2 with one run. Chloe Dollar also deserves some recognition as she brought in her first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Princeton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost an 8-7 heartbreaker at the hands of Sycamore.
Princeton's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Walnut Hills, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-4.
Walnut Hills was able to grind out a solid win over Princeton in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, winning 8-3. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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