St. Pius X Catholic waltzed into their contest on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Marist War Eagles with a sharp 9-1 victory. Considering the Golden Lions have won six matches by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Maggie Laba tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Megan Snipes was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. She also put up a double, which washer first of the season. Mary Durieux was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
St. Pius X Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .421. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Marist only posted a batting average of .222.
St. Pius X Catholic pushed their record up to 8-3 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Marist, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 11-4 record.
St. Pius X Catholic will head out to take on Calvary Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Marist, they will take on North Springs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have allowed few runs on average, (Marist: 3.7, North Springs: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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