The Beaver Beavers will be playing at home against the Minerva Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Beaver is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season.
Beaver can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Wellsville a 14-0 shutout.
Megan Henrich made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Henrich was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Alaina Bock was incredible, going 3-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Lily Schrieber, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Minerva lost 11-4 to Carrollton on Thursday.
Like Beaver, Minerva also got a great game from a two-way player: Gabriella Kashdan. On the mound, she pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Kashdan was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Kashdan wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Natalie Essick, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases. Adrianna Kashdan was another key contributor, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Minerva didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Carrollton only tossed five.
Beaver is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7-1 record this season. As for Minerva, they dropped their record down to 8-11 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Beaver hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Minerva struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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