The East Vikings will take on the Marple Newtown Fightin' Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (East: 3, Marple Newtown: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
East is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Wednesday, just like they did against Unionville (and have done all season long). East never let Unionville onto the board and left with an 8-0 win on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East.
Not much got past Rebecca Opperman, who gave up just one hit and racked up seven Ks to keep Unionville off the board. Opperman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Caelyn Rodriguez, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Carly Bickle, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Marple Newtown had no problem doing just that on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Golden Knights and snuck past 4-3. Winning may never get old, but Marple Newtown sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Marple Newtown's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Grace Corner, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
East is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Marple Newtown, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Everything went East's way against Marple Newtown in their previous meeting back in May of 2018 as East made off with a 16-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for East since the squad 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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