The Edgewood Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the Streetsboro Rockets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Edgewood is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
Edgewood came out on top against Conneaut on Thursday thanks in part to the team's impressive five-run fourth inning. The Warriors' pitcher stepped up to hand the Spartans a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won ten matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Carly Tracy and Sydney Miller did most of the damage at the plate: Tracy went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one double, while Miller went 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. Another player making a difference was Carly Kray, who went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Edgewood was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .481. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2024.
Solon hit Streetsboro with a four-run fifth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Rockets came up short against the Comets, falling 10-0. The shutout was out of character for the Rockets seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in April.
Edgewood pushed their record up to 15-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs over those games. As for Streetsboro, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-8.
Edgewood suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Streetsboro in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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