The Mott Marauders will challenge the Center Line Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mott has three straight victories, Center Line has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Center Line's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Mott hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. The Marauders' pitchers stepped up to hand Roseville a 17-0 shutout on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Marauders, who have now won 13 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Center Line fell victim to Cousino and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Patriots, falling 18-0.
Center Line saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Claire Ogden, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base. Amiera Lewis also deserves some recognition as she got her first hit of the season.
Mott pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Center Line, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything went Mott's way against Center Line when the teams last played back in April, as Mott made off with a 28-2 win. Will the Marauders repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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