Apex Friendship is 5-0 against Green Level since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Apex Friendship Patriots will look to defend their home field against the Green Level Gators at 4:30 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Apex Friendship is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering D.H. Conley just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 8-5 to the Vikings. Apex Friendship has not had much luck with D.H. Conley recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Apex Friendship saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sydney Joyce, who went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI. Joyce has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Lauren Archambault, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Green Level fell victim to Middle Creek and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 16-0 to the Mustangs. Having soared to a lofty 20 runs in the game before, Green Level's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Apex Friendship's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-3. As for Green Level, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-16.
Everything went Apex Friendship's way against Green Level when the teams last played back in April as Apex Friendship made off with a 15-0 win. Will Apex Friendship repeat their success, or does Green Level have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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