The Oak Ridge Trojans will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Pleasant Grove Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Oak Ridge sitting on three straight victories and Pleasant Grove on 13.
Oak Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Sheldon a 6-0 shutout. Considering Oak Ridge has won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Kennedi Freeland tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Carly Short was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-2. Sam Alekman was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove beat Lodi 3-0 on Thursday.
Oak Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Pleasant Grove, their win bumped their record up to 19-3.
Oak Ridge couldn't quite finish off Pleasant Grove in their previous meeting back in March of 2020 and fell 8-6. Can Oak Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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