The Portland Panthers will challenge the Station Camp Bison on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Portland is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by an 18-3 margin over Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Station Camp had no trouble coming through when it counted. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lawson a 15-0 shutout on Monday. The Bison might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by seven runs or more this season.
Presley Kouba made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. Those 14 strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
In other batting news, Station Camp got a massive performance out of Lilly Shearer, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those five RBI gave Shearer a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Katelyn Wilson, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases and three runs.
Station Camp was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. They are 12-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Station Camp is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 21 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-10 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Portland, they pushed their record up to 10-14 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Portland came out on top in a nail-biter against Station Camp in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 11-10. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Bison have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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