For the second straight game, Shelby will face off against River Valley. The Whippets will welcome the Vikings at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Shelby 4.1, River Valley 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Shelby fell victim to River Valley and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 10-0 to the Vikings. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Whippets, who until this matchup were averaging 4.07 runs allowed.
Shelby saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Natalie Kennard, who went 2-for-3 with one triple. That triple marked the first that Kennard has hit this season.
The win (which was River Valley's seventh in a row) raised their record to 9-1. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Shelby, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2.
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