Salem is 2-8 against Silver Creek since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Salem Lions will face off against the Silver Creek Dragons at 5:30 p.m. Neither Salem nor Silver Creek posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Salem is is headed into Monday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 9-1 to Borden, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Salem saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenadie Garloch, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Floyd Central by a score of 2-1. Silver Creek has not had much luck with Floyd Central recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Tessa Gibson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on two hits.
Salem's loss dropped their record down to 6-15. As for Silver Creek, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 25-6.
Salem suffered a grim 15-1 defeat to Silver Creek in their previous meeting last Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Silver Creek's Kennedy Caudill, who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (and not a single walk). Now that Salem 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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