The Canfield Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Triway Titans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Canfield is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Canfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Louisville, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Canfield was ranked third). Canfield fell just short of Louisville by a score of 5-4 on Wednesday.
Malena Toth spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and four unearned) runs on six hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
Meanwhile, Triway waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Minutemen a 5-0 shutout.
Not much got past Carter Wachtel, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Revere off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Myah Lester, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Hochstetler, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Canfield's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 14-2. As for Triway, their victory bumped their record up to 19-1.
Canfield suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Triway when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Can Canfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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