Softball Preview: St. Michael the Archangel Guardians vs. Summit Christian Academy Eagles
St. Michael the Archangel hasn't had much luck against Summit Christian Academy recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The St. Michael the Archangel Guardians will be staying on the road to face off against the Summit Christian Academy Eagles at 4:30 p.m. St. Michael the Archangel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
St. Michael the Archangel is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 22 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Oak Grove on Monday. They lost 10-2 to the Panthers.
St. Michael the Archangel saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sophia Infranca, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Summit Christian Academy had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They put the hurt on the Spartans with a sharp 17-2 win. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Reagan Crooks was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in OBP. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Karli Miller was a standout: she got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Katchen Gillihan, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two doubles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Summit Christian Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .733. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 57.3%.
St. Michael the Archangel's defeat dropped their record down to 8-14. As for Summit Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 10-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
St. Michael the Archangel suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Summit Christian Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can St. Michael the Archangel avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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