The Otto-Eldred Terrors will head out on the road to face off against the Northern Potter Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
On Monday, Otto-Eldred came up short against Elk County Catholic and fell 10-5. Otto-Eldred has not had much luck with Elk County Catholic recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Northern Potter had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They never let the Hubbers onto the board and left with a 12-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Northern Potter, who have now won three games by six runs or more so far this season.
Jaylyn Williammee was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Williammee was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Taylor Knowles, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Raegan Slawson, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-1.
Otto-Eldred now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Northern Potter, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Otto-Eldred suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Northern Potter in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Williammee, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk). Now that Otto-Eldred 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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