Preview: Delta Charter Storm vs. Delhi Charter Gators
Delta Charter is 6-1 against Delhi Charter since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Delta Charter Storm are on the road again to play the Delhi Charter Gators at 5:00 p.m. Delta Charter will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
On Tuesday, everything went Delta Charter's way against Block as Delta Charter made off with a 16-4 win.
Rami Burks was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched. Burks was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Delta Charter let Ally Atwood and Paisley Pahnka loose on the outfield. Atwood scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Pahnka scored four runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Atwood has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played. Maklyn Smith was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, sadly, Delhi Charter is still looking for their first win of the season after five contests. They fell victim to a tough 14-2 defeat at the hands of Bastrop on Monday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Delhi Charter couldn't push the score so high this time.
Delta Charter pushed their record up to 7-13 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs per game. As for Delhi Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Delta Charter took their win against Delhi Charter in their previous meeting last Tuesday by a conclusive 20-10. The rematch might be a little tougher for Delta Charter since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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