The Warren Dragons will head out on the road to challenge the Meadville Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Warren's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against McDowell on Thursday. They fell victim to a tough 14-0 loss at the hands of the Trojans. Having soared to a lofty 18 runs in the game before, Warren's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Meadville can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Erie a 15-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Meadville considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
Lila Kightlinger was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Kightlinger has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive pitching appearances. Kightlinger was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Meadville got a massive performance out of Teagan Reichel, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, a triple, and a double. Another player making a difference was Kendall Mealy, who scored three runs while going 2-for-5.
Warren's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Meadville, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
Warren suffered a grim 16-0 defeat to Meadville in their previous meeting on April 10th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Meadville's Rylee Kregel, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that Warren 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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