The Lakewood Rangers will square off against the Cuyahoga Heights Red Wolves at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Lakewood has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Cuyahoga Heights will come in with four straight wins.
On Tuesday, Lakewood came up short against Magnificat and fell 5-1.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Cuyahoga Heights rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They never let the Panthers get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory. Considering the Red Wolves have won nine matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Skylar Sane looked comfortable as she struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Cuyahoga Heights let Sophia Meklemburg and Addison Bohning run wild. Meklemburg got on base in all three of her plate appearances with three RBI, one triple, and one run, while Bohning went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs and two RBI. That's the most RBI Meklemburg has posted since back in April. Giada Presot was another key player, going 1-for-2 with three runs.
Cuyahoga Heights pushed their record up to 10-7 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.2 runs on average over those games. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
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