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| 04/20/24 - Home | 12-0 W |
| 04/20/24 - Home | 5-0 W |
| 04/22/23 - Away | 16-3 W |
| 04/22/23 - Away | 5-1 W |
| 04/23/22 - Home | 12-1 W |
| + 3 more games |
Salem is 7-1 against Lawrenceville since April of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Saturday. The Wildcats will square off against the Indians at 11:00 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Salem has ten straight wins, Lawrenceville has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Thursday as neither Salem nor Freeburg made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Wildcats narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Midgets 4-2. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly two runs.
Breanna Thurman spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up 14 Ks. She has been consistent: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Salem saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaelyn Keller, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Lawrenceville's offense. They came up short against Marshall on Thursday, falling 9-0. The match marked the first time this year in which the Indians were not able to get on the board.
Salem pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.1 runs over those games. As for Lawrenceville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Lawrenceville's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Salem has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.5 hits per game. It's a different story for Lawrenceville, though, as they've been averaging 10.4 hits. Given Salem's sizable advantage in that area, the Indians will need to find a way to close that gap.
Salem took their win against Lawrenceville when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 12-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats 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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