The Eminence Warriors will head out to face off against the Waggener Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Eminence has struggled recently with 29 losses in a row, while Waggener will arrive with four straight wins.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Eminence's offense. They came up short against Walton-Verona on Tuesday, falling 15-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Waggener). They blew past Valley 31-24 last Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won four matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Waggener got a massive performance out of Jamarie Young, who got on base in five of her seven plate appearances with seven stolen bases, four runs, and five RBI. Young has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Keilyn Taylor, who scored six runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all seven of her plate appearances.
Waggener always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .726. Their OBP was a full 0 higher than the also-impressive .558 that Valley posted.
Waggener pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 27.3 runs over those games. As for Eminence, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Eminence took their victory against Waggener in their previous meeting back in May of 2017 by a conclusive 18-4 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Warriors since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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