The Winona Christian Stars are taking a road trip to square off against the Washington Generals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, everything went Winona Christian's way against Central Holmes Christian as Winona Christian made off with an 18-5 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Stars.
Meanwhile, Washington had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They beat the Rebels by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 16-6. Considering the Generals have won five games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Turner Hitt was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. What's more, he posted three RBI, the most he's had since back in March of 2024. Reid Henderson was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Washington was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .609. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive matches.
Washington pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs over those games. As for Winona Christian, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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