Briarwood Christian fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Pleasant Grove on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Pleasant Grove Spartans by a score of 4-3. Briarwood Christian has not had much luck with Pleasant Grove recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meredith Kellum made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
On Pleasant Grove's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lailah Player, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Briarwood Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Pleasant Grove, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-8-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Briarwood Christian will take on Pelham at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Pleasant Grove, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Jasper at 6:00 p.m. Jasper's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Pleasant Grove's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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