Upper Arlington is 0-9 against Marysville since April of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Golden Bears will be playing at home against the Monarchs at 5:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Upper Arlington's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Westland 12-0. The win continues a trend for the Golden Bears in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won three in a row.
Meanwhile, Marysville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three last Monday. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 13-3 victory. The Monarchs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Marysville let Brie Jennings and Ella Wood run wild. Jennings went 2-for-4 with one home run and three runs, while Wood went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That home run was Jennings' first of the season. Sienna Hutchins was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one double.
Marysville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in 11 consecutive matches.
Marysville's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-4-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Upper Arlington, their win bumped their record up to 6-14.
Upper Arlington couldn't quite finish off Marysville in their previous matchup back in April of 2019 and fell 7-5. Can the Golden Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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