Forest Hills is on an eight-game streak of home losses, and Monroe a 19-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The Forest Hills Yellow Jackets will look to defend their home field against the Monroe Redhawks at 6:00 p.m. Forest Hills has given up an average of 19.1 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
Forest Hills came up short against Anson on Tuesday, falling 18-2.
Aubrey Horne was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in April of 2024. Maggie Weber was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Monroe didn't have quite enough to beat Garinger on Wednesday and fell 19-17. Even though they lost, the Redhawks' still made a splash at the plate and bumped their average scoring up to 7.1 runs per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
Vania Stevenson led a balanced group of hitters, going a perfect 5-for-5 with five RBI, three runs, and one stolen base. She also hit a double, marking her first of the season. Another player making a difference was Kadie Martinez, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
Even though they lost, Monroe was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .538. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.
Forest Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Monroe, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Forest Hills' way against Monroe in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Forest Hills made off with a 20-3 win. Will Forest Hills repeat their success, or does Monroe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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