The Shepherd Bluejays will take on the Reed City Coyotes on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shepherd has three straight wins, Reed City has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Shepherd took on Ogemaw Heights on Tuesday. The Bluejays came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 11-6.
Lylah Curtiss spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and two unearned) runs on five hits.
Leela Engelhardt
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Leela Engelhardt, who went 3-for-5 with four RBI and two doubles. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. Morgan Bloniarczyk was another key player, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.
Shepherd hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least two batters in three consecutive matches.
Chippewa Hills hit Reed City with a four-run fourth inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Coyotes fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 9-8. That's two games in a row now that the Coyotes have lost by just one run.
Shepherd's victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-5. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.4 runs over those games. As for Reed City, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
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