After three games on the road, Apollo is heading back home. They will take on the Larue County Hawks at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Apollo is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Trigg County on Friday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats.
Mollie Julian was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Apollo saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madalyn Roberts, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Larue County gave up the first runs on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They won by a run and slipped past Lyon County 3-2.
Apollo's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-11. As for Larue County, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.
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