The Dunwoody Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Shiloh Generals at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Dunwoody is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Dunwoody will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Tri-Cities on Wednesday. Dunwoody was the clear victor by a 22-3 margin over Tri-Cities. Considering the Wildcats have won seven matchups by more than seven runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Vivian Curry made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Curry was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Dunwoody got a massive performance out of Lauren Dowhower, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Dowhower a new career-high in batting average. Another player making a difference was Allie Sleep, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Dunwoody was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .593. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 25.2% earlier this season, but in their last ten games they've averaged 31.9%.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Shiloh was a bit more limited in their match on Wednesday. They lost 14-1 to Decatur. The Generals haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Dunwoody has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season. As for Shiloh, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
Dunwoody took their win against Shiloh in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 16-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Dunwoody since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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