The Maplewood Rockets are on the road again on Thursday to play the Harding Skippers at 5:00 p.m. Neither Maplewood nor Harding posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Maplewood's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Pymatuning Valley on Tuesday. They lost 12-0 to the Lakers. Maplewood has not had much luck with Pymatuning Valley recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Maplewood saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lauran Krieg, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Harding was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of St. John by a score of 2-1.
Maplewood's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Harding, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.
Maplewood took their win against Harding in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 22-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Maplewood since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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