The Griffin Bears will head out on the road to face off against the Calvary Christian Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Griffin will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
On Thursday, Griffin made easy work of Jonesboro and carried off a 19-2 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by eight runs or more this season.
Bella Daniel made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Daniel was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Griffin got a massive performance out of Su?Nai Ellis, who went 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Bufford, who scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Griffin always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .741. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jonesboro only posted an OBP of .250.
Meanwhile, Calvary Christian had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs), and they went ahead and made it three last Thursday. They walked away with a 9-4 win over the Eagles.
Griffin now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Calvary Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season.
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