On Monday Worth County will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Maryville Spoofhounds at 5:00 p.m.
Worth County might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 5-4 to Pattonsburg, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, everything went Maryville's way against St. Pius X on Thursday as Maryville made off with an 11-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spoofhounds.
Emma Sprague was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched seven innings while giving up four earned runs off nine hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple.
In other batting news, Maryville got a big performance out of Alyssa Cunningham, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Emma Aley, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Maryville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Worth County dropped their record down to 6-6 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Maryville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-14 record this season.
Worth County skirted past Maryville 4-3 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Worth County since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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