The Berwick Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the French Settlement Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
The matchup between Berwick and Erath on Tuesday hardly resembled the 1-0 effort from their previous meeting. Berwick had just enough and edged Erath out 15-14.
Meanwhile, French Settlement entered their tilt with Pope John Paul II with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Jaguars with a sharp 12-2 victory on Tuesday. French Settlement might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven contests by ten runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Stella Allison, who went 3-for-4 with two triples, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Petite, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4.
Berwick's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-15. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs per game. As for French Settlement, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season.
Berwick came up short against French Settlement in their previous meeting back in February, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of French Settlement's Malloy Miles, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and only one walk). Now that Berwick 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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