The ESTEM Mets will venture away from home to challenge the Malvern Leopards at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. ESTEM has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with six straight defeats, while Malvern will come in with seven straight wins.
ESTEM lost 20-4 to Pine Bluff on Monday.
Bauxite typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Malvern proved too difficult a challenge. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-8 victory over the Miners. The game was the first time the Leopards have beaten the Miners on their field since May 7, 2016.
The team relied heavily on Addi White, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs. Those four hits gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Hattie Davis, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
Malvern's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-5. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.3 runs over those games. As for ESTEM, their loss dropped their record down to 1-17.
ESTEM might still be hurting after the 24-0 defeat they got from Malvern in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can the Mets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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