After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Southwestern, Greenfield/Northwestern was happy to have turned things around on Wednesday. They blew past the Marquette Catholic Explorers 19-1. For the Tigers, this counts as revenge for the 17-9 victory the Explorers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2024.
Evie White made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. White was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one double and one RBI. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits.
Annabeth Thornton
| 03/19/25 vs Marquette Catholic | 4 |
| 04/13/24 vs New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly | 3 |
| 04/11/24 vs Griggsville-Perry | 3 |
| 04/22/24 vs Brown County | 2 |
| 03/13/24 @ Marquette Catholic | 2 |
In other batting news, Kalynn Weller and Annabeth Thornton did most of the damage at the plate: Weller went 3-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Thornton went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and one stolen base. Those four RBI gave Thornton a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lainey Frank, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-3.
Greenfield/Northwestern always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Marquette Catholic only posted an OBP of .278.
The win got Greenfield/Northwestern back to even at 1-1. As for Marquette Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Coming up, Greenfield/Northwestern is packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season: they will challenge Litchfield at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Marquette Catholic has already played their next matchup (against Greenfield), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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