The Oak Hill Golden Eagles will take on the Rochester Zebras at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Oak Hill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Lewis Cass. The victory continues a trend for the Golden Eagles in their matchups with the Kings: they've now won six in a row.
Meanwhile, Rochester came tearing into Friday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.1 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged out the Kings 4-2.
Bria Rensberger spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up 15 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Rochester's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jadyn Field, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. Brailyn Hunter was another, going 2-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.
Rochester's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-4. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.6 runs over those games. As for Oak Hill, their victory bumped their record up to 20-6.
Everything went Oak Hill's way against Rochester in their previous matchup back in May of 2018, as Oak Hill made off with a 12-0 win. Will the Golden Eagles repeat their success, or do the Zebras have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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