Danville has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the South Williamsport Mountaineers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Danville beats South Williamsport with eight runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Danville walked away with an 8-5 win over Hughesville on Monday.
Camryn Hess made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off eight hits. Hess has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Hess was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Hess wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Maclin Hickey, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI. Marleigh Davis was another key contributor, scoring three runs.
Meanwhile, South Williamsport entered their tilt with Central Mountain with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Wildcats on Tuesday.
The win got Danville back to even at 9-9. As for South Williamsport, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season.
Danville couldn't quite finish off South Williamsport in their previous meeting last Wednesday and fell 7-5. Can Danville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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