The Traverse City Christian Sabres will venture away from home to take on the Marion Eagles at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Traverse City Christian has given up an average of 7.1 runs per game this season, but Monday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Traverse City Christian made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Glen Lake, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Sabres fell just short of the Lakers by a score of 14-12 on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Sabres in their meetings with the Lakers: they've now lost three in a row.
Lily Wilcoxen led a balanced group of hitters, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. Those stolen bases marked the first that she has snagged this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sadie Brown-Bannon, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Marion, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They won by a run and slipped past Pentwater 11-10. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Marion pushed their record up to 2-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Traverse City Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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