The Oak Mountain Eagles will challenge the Chelsea Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Oak Mountain lost 14-1 to Hewitt-Trussville on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Chelsea and Spain Park squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but Chelsea had to settle for second. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Jaguars. Chelsea's defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Chelsea saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madeline Epperson, who got on base in three of her five plate appearances with a double.
Oak Mountain dropped their record down to 22-18-1 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Chelsea, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-17-3.
Oak Mountain came up short against Chelsea in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chelsea's Alaysha Crews, who tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Oak Mountain knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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