The La Vernia Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Fredericksburg Billies at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
La Vernia's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against San Antonio Memorial as La Vernia made off with a 13-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for La Vernia who now have three in a row.
Mattie Armstrong spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just zero earned runs on five hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, La Vernia got a massive performance out of Sarah Bradley, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. Aubrey Martin was another key contributor, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with three runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Fredericksburg came tearing into Tuesday's contest with 17 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the BULLDOGS 15-0.
The victory got La Vernia back to even at 16-16-1. As for Fredericksburg, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 29-5.
La Vernia beat Fredericksburg 6-3 when the teams last played back in February. Will La Vernia repeat their success, or does Fredericksburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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