Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fairbury). They blew past Southern/Diller-Odell 15-5 on Thursday. That's two games straight that the Jeffs have won by exactly ten runs.
Samantha Schmidt made a big impact no matter where she played. She tossed six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in hits. She was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off two home runs and eight RBI while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Fairbury let Rylee Gill and Jordin Gill loose on the outfield. Rylee scored three runs while going 4-for-5, while Jordin got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and a triple. What's more, Rylee also posted a .800 batting average, which is the highestshe's posted since back in August. Another player making a difference was Aubrie Hynek, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of her five plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fairbury was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .389. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Southern/Diller-Odell only posted a batting average of .231.
The victory made it two in a row for Fairbury and bumps their season record up to 9-14. As for Southern/Diller-Odell, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 9-11 record.
Fairbury will welcome Wilber-Clatonia on Saturday. As for Southern/Diller-Odell, they will challenge NEN at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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