Preview: St. James Wildcats vs. E.D. White Cardinals
The St. James Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the E.D. White Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. St. James is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
Last Friday, St. James came up short against Lutcher and fell 7-3. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for St. James in their matchups with Lutcher: they've now lost seven in a row.
Faith Reulet spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned (and two unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Colbie Mitchell was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, E.D. White had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three last Saturday. They came out on top against the Gators by a score of 7-2.
St. James' loss dropped their record down to 8-11. As for E.D. White, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-4.
St. James couldn't quite finish off E.D. White in their previous matchup last Thursday and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of E.D. White's Shelbee Gros, who struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Now that St. James knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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