Maplewood is 0-4 against Pymatuning Valley since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Maplewood Rockets will head out on the road to take on the Pymatuning Valley Lakers at 5:00 p.m. Maplewood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season.
On Monday, Maplewood came up short against Liberty and fell 8-5. Maplewood has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ella Nevinski was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more doubles the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lauran Krieg, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Pymatuning Valley entered their tilt with St. John with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Everything went their way against the Fighting Herald on Monday as they made off with an 11-1 victory. The result was nothing new for Pymatuning Valley, who have now won 11 matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Saige Payne made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Payne was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, McKenna Jordan and Kylie Luke did most of the damage at the plate: Jordan scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Luke scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Kendall Gray was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Maplewood's loss dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Pymatuning Valley, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Maplewood has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Pymatuning Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Maplewood suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Pymatuning Valley in their previous meeting on April 10th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Payne, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk). Now that Maplewood knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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