The Fair Grove Eagles will take on the Diamond Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Fair Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Clever, who was ranked 14th at the time (Fair Grove was ranked eighth). The Eagles lost 10-3 to the Blue Jays on Tuesday. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Hali Stokes was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Shayla Haddock, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Diamond was a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They fell just short of Ash Grove by a score of 3-2.
Diamond saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Talan Ingle, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one double. Anna Roszell was another, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Fair Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Diamond, their loss dropped their record down to 7-4.
Fair Grove might still be hurting after the 13-2 defeat they got from Diamond in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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