The Shawnee Braves will be playing in front of their home fans against the Northeastern Jets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Shawnee finally turned things around against West Liberty-Salem on Wednesday. Shawnee came out on top in a nail-biter against West Liberty-Salem and snuck past 3-1.
Meanwhile, Northeastern had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the Trojans out 3-2. That's two games straight that Northeastern has won by just one run.
Renna Kelly spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits.
At the plate, Grace Harris was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Shawnee's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Northeastern, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-12 record this season.
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