River Valley has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Meigs Marauders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
River Valley will head into Monday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Athens on Monday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 13-point defeat they were dealt on Friday. River Valley fell just short of Athens by a score of 9-7. River Valley has not had much luck with Athens recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Meigs came up short against Wahama on Tuesday and fell 14-10.
Jaynna Wright made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Burnem, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Meigs didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wahama only tossed three.
River Valley now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Meigs, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 11-5.
River Valley suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Meigs in their previous meeting on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Meigs' Natalie Goode, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Now that River Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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