After having lost a blowout in their previous game against McDaniel, Grant was happy to have turned things around on Wednesday. They walked away with a 9-4 win over the Ida B. Wells Guardians. This was payback for Grant, who suffered a 13-12 loss the last time these two teams met.
For Ida B. Wells' part, Kaia Young made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Young has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Keira Thomas, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Grant's victory ended a 13-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-10. As for Ida B. Wells, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Grant will head out on the road to face off against Cleveland at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleveland is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season. As for Ida B. Wells, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against McDaniel at 4:00 p.m. Ida B. Wells is on a four-game streak of home wins, McDaniel a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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