The WPBL’s debut season is heating up, as No. 1 San Francisco takes on No. 4 Boston with just five games to go before the four-team playoffs hit the field.
The Firebells have dominated the pair’s regular-season series, taking Friday’s clash 14-6 behind home run co-leader and No. 1 draft pick Kelsie Whitmore’s three RBIs and six strikeouts.
San Francisco enters hot off recording the league’s first-ever walk-off, as Andréanne Leblanc’s two-out grand slam delivered Sunday’s dramatic 11-9 comeback over No. 3 New York.
The Hunters counter with their own two-way ace in Alli Schroder, though the No. 5 pick hasn’t quite lived up to expectations.
Schroder carries an 6.68 ERA into tonight’s matchup, after giving up six hits and five runs to the Firebells across three innings pitched last week.
Boston currently sits four games below San Francisco and 2.5 games below the Heights, with three more chances to move up the table before next week’s semifinals.
San Francisco faces Boston tonight at 7:30 PM ET (ESPN+).
