The East Noble Knights will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Homestead Spartans at 5:30 p.m. East Noble is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
East Noble will head into Tuesday's contest ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Monday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They lost 11-3 to Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger.
Aubrey Helmkamp was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Homestead had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Leo on Tuesday. Homestead has not had much luck with Leo recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
East Noble has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-10-1 record this season. As for Homestead, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-13.
East Noble came out on top in a nail-biter against Homestead when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Homestead's Addie May Fleming, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will East Noble still be able to contain Fleming? There's only one way to find out.
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