The Northville Mustangs will head out to face off against the Plymouth Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Northville is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
Northville barely beat Brighton the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Mustangs blew past the Bulldogs 13-3 on Wednesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Mustangs considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Plymouth was a bit more limited in their game on Wednesday. They fell just short of Hartland by a score of 4-2. The Wildcats have struggled against the Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Skylar Weil was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks any time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Plymouth saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emma McAvoy, who went 1-for-3 with one triple. That triple marked the first that McAvoy has hit this season.
Northville pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Plymouth, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Everything went Northville's way against Plymouth in their previous meeting on April 2nd, as Northville made off with a 12-1 victory. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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