The Minerva Lions will take on the East Liverpool Potters at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Minerva's offense. They fell 3-0 to West Branch on Wednesday. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, East Liverpool was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Toronto, falling 13-2. On the bright side, the two- run effort marked the Potters' highest-scoring matchup to date.
East Liverpool saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elliot Fitch, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. That hit was Fitch's first of the season.
Minerva's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for East Liverpool, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
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