Softball Recap: Seymour Thunder vs. Xavier Hawks
Seymour came tearing into Tuesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Xavier Hawks onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. Seymour might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won three matches by six runs or more this season.
Not much got past Gillian Herrala, who gave up just five hits and racked up six Ks to keep Xavier off the board. Herrala has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, Seymour's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Addison Wery, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Seymour has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Xavier, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-6.
Seymour will head out on the road to take on New London at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. New London is on a five-game streak of home wins, Seymour a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. Xavier will take on Menasha at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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