The Highlands Golden Rams will square off against the Penn Hills Indians at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Penn Hills took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Highlands, who comes in off a win.
Highlands is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Leechburg as Highlands made off with a 15-1 victory.
Madison Gorney and Alexis Arms made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Gorney pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Arms pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At bat, Gorney scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1, while Arms scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Carrah Scardina, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Gabby Chambers, who scored three runs while going 1-for-3.
Highlands was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .452. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Leechburg only posted a batting average of .143.
Meanwhile, while it was Penn Hills who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was Ambridge who put up more. Penn Hills wound up with the same score they had in their last game (10-6), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
Keira Kaefer was cooking despite her team's loss, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one triple. The team also got some help courtesy of London Seymore, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.
Highlands might still be hurting after the 10-2 defeat they got from Penn Hills when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Can Highlands avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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