The Geneseo Maple Leafs will be playing at home against the Sterling Golden Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Geneseo will head into Wednesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the seven-run they dealt Ottawa on Wednesday. Geneseo blew past Ottawa 10-3.
Celina Pe?a made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Pe?a was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kyah Newell, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Ella Pettit was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sterling, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They never let Galesburg onto the board and left with an 18-0 win on Wednesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Sterling considering their one-run performance the game before.
Like Geneseo, Sterling also got a great game from a two-way player: Sienna Stingley. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Stingley was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
In other batting news, Kaity Taylor was a standout: she scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ady Waldschmidt, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Geneseo's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-12. As for Sterling, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Geneseo might still be hurting after the 9-0 loss they got from Sterling when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stingley, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Now that Geneseo knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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