Forest is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Vanguard is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Forest Wildcats will take on the Vanguard Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Forest will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Buchholz on Thursday. Forest blew past Buchholz 12-2.
Reagan Quinn made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Quinn was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with three RBI and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Aurora Shifflett was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Julianna Ortega, who went 3-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Vanguard put their dominant pitchers on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Lake Weir a 7-0 shutout.
Jaelynne Whipple was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, a stolen base, and two RBI. Cadence Abbott was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with three RBI and a double.
Forest has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for Vanguard, their win bumped their record up to 15-5.
Both the pair just can't seem to miss. Forest has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.6 hits per game. However, it's not like Vanguard struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 4.8. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Forest suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Vanguard in their previous meeting last Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Vanguard's Hannah Davis, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Forest knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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