The Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Butler Golden Tornado at 4:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Mt. Lebanon is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They took a 12-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of Canon-McMillan on Monday. Mt. Lebanon has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Butler was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They fell victim to a rough 7-1 defeat at the hands of North Allegheny.
Butler saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shylee Karenbauer, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Mt. Lebanon's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Butler, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Mt. Lebanon beat Butler 7-3 when the teams last played two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Butler's Kelsey Ogin, who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off 11 hits (and only one walk). Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mt. Lebanon still be able to contain Ogin? There's only one way to find out.
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