Woodmore fell victim to Hopewell-Loudon and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They fell just short of the Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains by a score of 1-0. Woodmore has not had much luck with Hopewell-Loudon recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
For Hopewell-Loudon's part, not much got past Isabelle Beidelschies, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Woodmore off the board. Beidelschies has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Hopewell-Loudon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Morgan Hoover, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Woodmore's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Hopewell-Loudon, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with that victory, which was their 20th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Woodmore will challenge Ross at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Woodmore's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Ross' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Hopewell-Loudon, they will be playing at home against Danbury at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Hopewell-Loudon: 2.8, Danbury: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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