The Cedar Creek Eagles will face off against the Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin Raptors at 12:30 p.m. on Monday. Cedar Creek has given up an average of 14.1 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
Cedar Creek is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 19 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against McCallum on Friday. They came up short against the Knights, falling 17-1.
Cedar Creek saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was K Ramirez, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. L Hentschel also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin made sure to put some runs up on the board against Navarro on Thursday. Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin blew past Navarro 16-3. The Raptors haven't had any issues with the Vikings recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.
Rose Harrelson made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out nine batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base.
In other batting news, Claire Peters and Esther Harrelson did most of the damage at the plate: Peters scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 4-for-4, while Esther went 2-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. The dominant performance gave Harrelson a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Abby Aardema, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 11.3 runs. As for Cedar Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14.
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