The Nashville Hornets will take on the O'Fallon Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Nashville will be strutting in after a win while O'Fallon will be coming in after a loss.
If Nashville beats O'Fallon with 12 runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Hornets beat Woodlawn on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hornets.
Meanwhile, O'Fallon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 6-5 heartbreaker at the hands of Murphysboro. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by just one run.
Kennedy Clark spent all 7.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Lilli Coleman was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Bella Schmitt was another key player, going 3-for-4 with two runs.
Nashville's victory bumped their record up to 4-18. As for O'Fallon, their loss dropped their record down to 10-14.
Nashville came out on top in a nail-biter against O'Fallon in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 14-13. Do the Hornets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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