Columbia is 0-10 against Keystone since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Columbia Raiders will head out on the road to take on the Keystone Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Monday, Columbia sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Firelands. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Columbia.
Meanwhile, Keystone had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Panthers and snuck past 6-5.
Bristol Foster spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned runs on ten hits.
At the plate, Jalyn Owca was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run and a double. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Gurich, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
The victory got Columbia back to even at 3-3. As for Keystone, their win bumped their record up to 10-4.
Columbia might still be hurting after the 12-1 loss they got from Keystone in their previous meeting on April 15th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Keystone's Brooklyn Modock, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Now that Columbia knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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