St. Henry's hitters rose to the challenge against a Roughriders pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.36 points allowed on Monday. Everything went the St. Henry Redskins' way against the Memorial Roughriders as the St. Henry Redskins made off with a 10-4 win. With that victory, St. Henry brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Jalynn Everman was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Everman has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Everman was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two doubles.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Lauren Thieman, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kennedy Wendel, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
On Memorial's side, they got a good showing from Ryleigh Berg, who pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Kailey Smith made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-3 with two RBI. Kenzie Henning was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Memorial didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Henry only tossed three.
St. Henry's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-7. As for Memorial, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-6-1.
St. Henry will be playing at home against Fort Recovery at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Recovery is coming into the game with three straight losses on the road, meaning St. Henry will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory. As for Memorial, they will square off against Van Wert at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Memorial is facing Van Wert at the right time seeing as Van Wert is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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