After 12 games on the road, Oakland is heading back home. They will take on the Siegel Stars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Saturday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Oakland had to settle for a 5-3 defeat against Summit.
Semira Tigg was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Siegel had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They never let the onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory.
Mackenzie Ventura was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Ventura was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Ventura wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Maddy Couey, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Oakland has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-7 record this season. As for Siegel, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-4-1.
Oakland skirted past Siegel 1-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Oakland repeat their success, or does Siegel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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