The Shelby Whippets will square off against the Mapleton Mounties at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shelby has six straight wins, Mapleton has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times Shelby and Galion had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Whippets were the clear victors by a 13-3 margin over the Tigers on Thursday. Considering the Whippets have won seven games by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Elise Mullins
| 04/10/25 @ Galion | 5 |
| 04/01/25 vs Marion Harding | 1 |
| 03/31/25 vs Norwalk | 1 |
| 03/25/25 @ Pleasant | 1 |
Elise Mullins and Braylee Sturts did most of the damage at the plate: Mullins went 2-for-3 with one home run and five RBI, while Sturts scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Those five RBI gave Mullins a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kennedy Studer, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Shelby always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Galion only posted an OBP of .286.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times Mapleton and Monroeville had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Mounties took a 9-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles on Tuesday.
Shelby's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-3. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for Mapleton, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
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