The Rittman Indians will venture away from home to square off against the Woodridge Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
Rittman will face Woodridge after dropping another heartbreaker against Waynedale on Wednesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. The Indians fell just short of the Golden Bears by a score of 5-3. The Indians haven't had much luck with the Golden Bears recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Lillian Halliwell spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Rittman saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Allison Hollabaugh, who went 1-for-4 with one double. Another was Ariel Daughtery, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Woodridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Cloverleaf. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Bulldogs have suffered since April 7th.
Rittman's loss dropped their record down to 4-16. As for Woodridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-20.
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