Softball Recap: Pleasant Hill Wolves vs. Brown County Hornets
Pleasant Hill scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Brown County Hornets as the Pleasant Hill Wolves made off with an 18-1 win. Pleasant Hill might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five matches by ten runs or more this season.
Ava Wombles made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Wombles has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Wombles was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Maddison Daniels, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and a double. Another player making a difference was Emma Henderson, who scored two runs while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.
On Brown County's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jamie Loehr, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Pleasant Hill pushed their record up to 11-2 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Brown County, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-11.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Beardstown the next time they take the field. Pleasant Hill will head out to face Beardstown at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, while Brown County will head out to face them at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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