Great Crossing will be playing in front of their home fans against the Frederick Douglass Broncos at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Great Crossing is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
Great Crossing is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Ballard, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Great Crossing was ranked seventh). Great Crossing took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ballard on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, Great Crossing couldn't push the score so high this time.
Ellie Hoover made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Frederick Douglass had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They blew past the Blue Devils 14-5.
Great Crossing's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-8. As for Frederick Douglass, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season.
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