The Napoleon Pirates are taking a road trip to challenge the Columbia Central Golden Eagles at 12:00 p.m. on Friday.
Northwest hit Napoleon with a ten-run first inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Pirates lost 16-1 to the Mounties. Having soared to a lofty 17 runs in the game before, the Pirates couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbia Central). They never let Adrian get on the board and left with a 19-0 victory on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Golden Eagles, who have now won nine matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Columbia Central got a massive performance out of Leelyn Brown, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and two RBI. That's the most runs Brown has posted since May 2nd. Another player making a difference was Rylee Knapp, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Napoleon's defeat dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Columbia Central, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 15-6.
Napoleon couldn't quite get it done against Columbia Central in their previous meeting back in April as they fell 4-1. Can the Pirates avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
