Softball Recap: Heritage Generals vs. Sonoraville Phoenix
Heritage put their dominant pitcher on display in the team's sixth consecutive shutout on Wednesday. They never let the Sonoraville Phoenix onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The Generals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Not much got past Addie Edwards, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Sonoraville off the board. Edwards has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Macie Collins was a standout: she scored three runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Bailee Hollis, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heritage was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .438. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sonoraville only posted a batting average of .100.
Heritage pushed their record up to 11-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Sonoraville, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 11-5 record.
Heritage will take on Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Heritage is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season. As for Sonoraville, they will host North Murray at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Sonoraville's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so North Murray's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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