Softball Recap: Eastern Christian HomeSchool Trailblazers vs. Manteo Redskins
Eastern Christian HomeSchool was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 11-0 to the Manteo Redskins.
For Manteo's part, Bailey Dickerson and Jada Flowers made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Dickerson didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Flowers pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Dickerson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Dickerson got on base in three of her four plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI, while Flowers scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
In other batting news, Manteo got a big performance out of Sydnee Ballance, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Brooklyn Creef, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Eastern Christian HomeSchool's loss dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Manteo, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-10.
Eastern Christian HomeSchool will look to defend their home field on Monday against Faith Christian at 5:30 p.m. Faith Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.9 runs per game this season. As for Manteo, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Nansemond-Suffolk Academy at 12:00 p.m. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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