The Bartram Trail Bears will venture away from home to square off against the Creekside Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bartram Trail will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Bartram Trail's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Tocoi Creek, sneaking past 1-0.
Creekside not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 11th. They were the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over Beachside. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Arianna Carrigan made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances. Those three runs gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Hailey Cunningham was incredible, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Emma Campbell was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Creekside always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .517. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Beachside only posted an OBP of .217.
Creekside pushed their record up to 11-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.8 runs over those games. As for Bartram Trail, their record is now 9-6.
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