The Lansdowne Vikings will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Dundalk Owls at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lansdowne is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 22-7 margin over Patapsco on Friday.
Meanwhile, Dundalk came tearing into Monday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.2 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Knights 20-4. Dundalk might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven matches by seven runs or more this season.
Alyssa Smith was a standout: she scored three runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Carlie Locklear, who scored a run and stole four bases while going 1-for-4.
Lansdowne's win ended a 12-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-14. As for Dundalk, they pushed their record up to 8-5 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Lansdowne might still be hurting after the 19-0 defeat they got from Dundalk in their previous matchup on April 15th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dundalk's Julie Burger, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that Lansdowne 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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