The Shawnee Indians will head out to challenge the Lima Senior Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Shawnee easily dispatched New Bremen on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Indians fell just short of Memorial by a score of 3-1 on Friday. The Indians' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Shawnee saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anna Menke, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one double.
Meanwhile, Lima Senior got the win against Rogers on Friday by a conclusive 14-4. Considering the Spartans have won six matches by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Lima Senior is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Shawnee, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.
Everything went Shawnee's way against Lima Senior when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Shawnee made off with a 20-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Indians since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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