The Westerville North Warriors have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Hayes Pacers at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday.
Westerville North will head into Saturday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Saturday after soaring to a six-run match in their last game. They fell just short of Lincoln by a score of 8-6.
Meanwhile, Hayes entered their tilt with Dublin Scioto with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They came out on top against the Irish by a score of 4-1 on Friday.
Brownynn Leighty spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up 14 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Grace Singleton was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a double. McKenna Coleman was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
Westerville North now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Hayes, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4-1 record this season.
Westerville North might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Hayes when the teams last played on April 15th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leighty, who pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Westerville North knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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