Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Macks Creek). Everything went their way against the Humansville Tigers on Thursday as the Macks Creek Pirates made off with a 24-3 win. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won eight games by six runs or more so far this season.
Brooklyn Downing was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 13 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in September. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in four of her six plate appearances.
In other batting news, Macks Creek got a massive performance out of Madison Stoner, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Stoner a new career-high in OBP. Another player making a difference was Brooklyn Green, who scored three runs while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.
Macks Creek has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for Humansville, they dropped their record down to 2-16 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home.
Macks Creek will head out to challenge Walnut Grove at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Walnut Grove knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Macks Creek likes a good challenge. As for Humansville, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withClimax Springs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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