Garfield-Palouse is 0-4 against Dayton since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Garfield-Palouse Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Dayton Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. One thing working in Garfield-Palouse's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matchups.
Garfield-Palouse took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Pomeroy 22-6. That 16 run margin sets a new team best for Garfield-Palouse this season.
Meanwhile, Dayton unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. Their tough 16-2 defeat to Colton might stick with them for a while. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Dayton has scored all season.
Dayton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marissa Tupling, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Garfield-Palouse's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-5. As for Dayton, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.
Garfield-Palouse came up short against Dayton in their previous meeting last Tuesday, falling 23-18. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dayton's Jersey Slack, who fired off two home runs, six RBI, and four runs while getting on base in five of her six plate appearances. Now that Garfield-Palouse knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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