The Lancaster Golden Gales will face off against the Boardman Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boardman will be up against a hot Lancaster squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. The Golden Gales put the hurt on Pickerington Central with a sharp 16-5 win on Wednesday. 16 seems to be a good number for the Golden Gales as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Boardman waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. Everything went their way against the Cardinals as they made off with a 16-2 win.
Ava Freeborough was a standout: she went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, four RBI, and one triple. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Mikayla Rivera, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, two doubles, and one triple.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Boardman kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in eight consecutive games.
Boardman pushed their record up to 15-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Lancaster, their victory bumped their record up to 12-2.
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