The Ballard Bruins will square off against the South Oldham Dragons at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ballard fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Highlands on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bluebirds by a score of 5-4. The Bruins have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ballard saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryleah Lawrence, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, South Oldham came up short against Assumption on Wednesday, falling 19-9. The Dragons haven't had much luck with the Rockets recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Addi Schrecker and Lucy Knabel did some serious damage despite the final result: Schrecker went 2-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Knabel went 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs. That's the most runs Schrecker has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Turner, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Ballard now has a losing record of 1-2. As for South Oldham, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Ballard skirted past South Oldham 5-3 in their previous matchup back in May of 2019. Does Ballard have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Oldham turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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