Softball Recap: Jenna Trent Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Arlington

By Team Reports Oct 4, 2024, 9:22am

Softball Recap: Yutan-Mead Patriots vs. Arlington Eagles

Yutan-Mead waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Arlington Eagles a 12-0 shutout. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by eight runs or more this season.

Yutan-Mead got a massive performance out of Jenna Trent, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance gave Trent a new career-high in home runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Addi Jones, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Yutan-Mead was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Arlington only posted a batting average of .100.

Yutan-Mead is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Arlington, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-17 record this season.

Yutan-Mead didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 15-3 victory against Douglas County West on the 3rd. Arlington does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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