The Maconaquah Braves will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Elwood Panthers at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Maconaquah had to settle for a 5-3 defeat against Peru.
Maconaquah saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaleb Shelton, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Maconaquah didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Elwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Alexandria-Monroe. That's two games in a row now that Elwood has lost by exactly five runs.
Maconaquah's defeat dropped their record down to 6-11. As for Elwood, their loss dropped their record down to 3-16.
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