Softball Recap: Beaver Beavers vs. Struthers Wildcats
Beaver waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They put the hurt on the Struthers Wildcats with a sharp 14-4 win. 14 seems to be a good number for Beaver as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ciara Call made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Call was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Beaver got a big performance out of Sydney Wilson-Plunkett, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Alaina Bock was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
On Struthers' side, Emma Morris made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Beaver has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6-1 record this season. As for Struthers, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-9.
Beaver will head out on the road to challenge Bellaire at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams will come into the match having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Struthers, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Chaney at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Struthers is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
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