The South Oldham Dragons will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Fairdale Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
South Oldham is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Floyd Central on Saturday. They lost 8-1 to the Highlanders.
Meanwhile, Fairdale came up short against Christian Educational Consortium on Monday and fell 11-8.
Dailey Hicks was huge no matter where she played even without the win. On the mound, she tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Hicks was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Emma Krebs made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-4. Danielle Whitten was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
South Oldham's loss dropped their record down to 13-9-1. As for Fairdale, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-8.
South Oldham beat Fairdale 7-3 in their previous meeting back in April of 2019. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Fairdale's Brooke Vowels, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off six hits. Now that she won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be that much easier for South Oldham to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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