The Edgewood Rams will be playing at home against the C. Milton Wright Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Edgewood has three straight victories, C. Milton Wright has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Edgewood beats C. Milton Wright with nine runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Edgewood walked away with a 9-5 win over Joppatowne on Monday.
Meanwhile, C. Milton Wright suffered a rough 14-7 defeat at the hands of Harford Tech on Thursday.
Izzie Youngworth put in work no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and ten unearned) runs off nine hits. Youngworth has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings every time she's pitched this season. Youngworth was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, and a run.
In other batting news, Kendra Miller was cooking despite her team's loss, going 4-for-4 with four RBI and a run. Julianna McJilton was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4.
Edgewood's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for C. Milton Wright, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Edgewood suffered a grim 12-4 defeat to C. Milton Wright in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Youngworth, who struck out 17 batters over seven innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits. Now that Edgewood 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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