The Noblesville Millers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Penn Kingsmen at 5:00 p.m. Noblesville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
Noblesville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Western, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Noblesville was ranked ninth). Noblesville fell 5-2 to Western on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Noblesville couldn't push the score so high this time.
Noblesville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Macie Duvall, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Penn put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Elkhart with a sharp 7-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Penn sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Olivia Signorino spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just zero earned runs on one hit and racked up 13 Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Teagan Milewski, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Abigail Widmar was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Noblesville's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-3. As for Penn, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Noblesville took their victory against Penn in their previous meeting back in April of 2022 by a conclusive 11-2. Does Noblesville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Penn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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