The Stryker Panthers will be playing at home against the Pettisville Blackbirds at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Stryker will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Stryker is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Gorham Fayette with a sharp 10-3 victory on Thursday.
Taylore Rethmel made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Rethmel has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rethmel was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Emma Fulk and Brooke Collins did most of the damage at the plate: Fulk went 3-for-5 with two stolen bases, two runs, and a triple, while Collins scored a run and stole three bases while going 4-for-5. Collins is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Oliviah Clingaman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Pettisville fell victim to Hilltop and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Cadets. Having soared to a lofty 23 runs in the game before, Pettisville's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Stryker made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-7-1. As for Pettisville, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-7.
Stryker couldn't quite finish off Pettisville when the teams last played two weeks ago and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pettisville's Macy Hoylman, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Stryker knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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