Inman has been on the road for four straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Marion Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Inman will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Last Tuesday, Inman came up short against Remington and fell 11-8.
Meanwhile, Marion can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They blew past Bennington 16-1. Winning may never get old, but Marion sure is getting used to it with their ninth in a row.
Trevor Schafers made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Schafers has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Schafers was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
In other batting news, Jameson Looper and Cole Smith did most of the damage at the plate: Looper scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Smith scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Looper has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jack Lanning, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Inman dropped their record down to 3-7 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Marion, their victory bumped their record up to 14-3.
Inman came up short against Marion in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 4-0. Thankfully for Inman, Hayden Mendoza (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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