Preston unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of the Lewis County Minutemen by a score of 5-3 on Monday. The Knights have struggled against the Minutemen recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
Myla Wotring put in work no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in earned runs (zero). She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI. Those two doubles gave her a new career-high.
Wotring wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ava Thistlethwaite, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Preston will challenge rival Buckhannon-Upshur at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Lewis County is set to take on their familiar foe Robert C. Byrd at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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