The Pymatuning Valley Lakers will take on the Newton Falls Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Friday, Pymatuning Valley made easy work of Grand Valley and carried off a 23-2 win. The Lakers haven't had any issues with the Mustangs recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Peyton Hudson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Hudson was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Nataleigh Haines
| 04/04/25 vs Grand Valley | 4 |
| 04/19/24 vs Harding | 3 |
| 04/06/24 @ Windham | 3 |
| 04/01/25 @ Cardinal | 2 |
| 05/03/24 vs Chalker | 2 |
In other batting news, Nataleigh Haines was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Those four runs gave her a new career-high. Rylee Young was another key player, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Pymatuning Valley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .718. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Grand Valley only posted an OBP of .286.
Meanwhile, Newton Falls got the win against Chaney on Friday by a conclusive 16-8. With that win, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 6.9 runs per game.
Autumn Willaman and Calleigh Swiger did most of the damage at the plate: Willaman scored a run while going 3-for-4, while Swiger scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Kirra Howard, who went 1-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Pymatuning Valley's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Newton Falls, the win got them back to even at 3-3-1.
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