The Tallwood Lions will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Landstown Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tallwood will be strutting in after a win while Landstown will be coming in after a loss.
Tallwood is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Green Run. Tallwood put the hurt on Green Run with a sharp 17-1 victory on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Stallions: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Landstown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 4-3 heartbreaker at the hands of Cox.
Ashlyn Tolbert was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. That's the fewest hits she has allowed since back in April of 2024. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Tolbert wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Aubrielle Griffin, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Everything went Tallwood's way against Landstown when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Tallwood made off with a 13-2 victory. Will Tallwood repeat their success, or does Landstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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