Kemp has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Blooming Grove Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Kemp fell victim to Eustace and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. Their tough 11-0 loss to the Bulldogs might stick with them for a while. Kemp has not had much luck with Eustace recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Blooming Grove had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with an 8-1 win. Blooming Grove might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Kemp's defeat dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Blooming Grove, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5.
Kemp suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Blooming Grove in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blooming Grove's Rileigh O?Dell, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Now that Kemp knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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