The Brookville Raiders will venture away from home to face off against the Brockway Rovers at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Brookville has given up an average of 8.9 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Brookville lost 16-1 to DuBois on Thursday. The game marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Brockway had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Rams as they made off with a 17-3 victory. Considering the Rovers have won seven contests by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Bailee Carberry looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Payton Craft was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with four runs, four RBI, and one triple. Rheanna Spinda was another key player, going 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, and one double.
Brockway was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .457. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in nine consecutive matchups.
Brockway pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Brookville, they now have a losing record of 3-4.
Brookville couldn't quite finish off Brockway in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 9-7. Can the Raiders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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