Minerva is on a six-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Fairless a 12-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Minerva Lions will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Fairless Falcons at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Thursday, Minerva came up short against Beaver Local and fell 10-7.
Sierra Cress put in work while hitting and pitching. She pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and eight unearned) runs off nine hits. Cress was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave her a new career-high.
Dakota Breton
| 03/27/25 @ Beaver Local | 4 |
| 03/22/25 @ Canfield | 2 |
| 04/05/24 vs David Anderson | 2 |
| 03/24/25 @ Columbiana | 1 |
| 05/08/24 @ Dover | 1 |
In other batting news, Dakota Breton was cooking despite her team's loss, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one double. Those four hits gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Mackenzie French, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
Fairless might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 7-6 to Carrollton, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Fairless' defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Minerva, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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