Line Mountain was the 7-2 winner over Newport when they last played one another on Wednesday, but their luck changed this time around. The Line Mountain Eagles fell just short of the Newport Buffaloes by a score of 12-10 on Wednesday.
Line Mountain got a big performance out of Koera Leitzel, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Leitzel has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sofia Ulrich, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her five plate appearances.
Line Mountain dropped their record down to 6-5 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Newport, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Line Mountain will head out on the road to challenge Shikellamy at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Shikellamy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season. As for Newport, they will be playing at home against Juniata at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Juniata's pitching crew has only allowed zero runs per game this season, so Newport's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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