After three games on the road, Laurence Manning Academy is heading back home. They will take on the Hammond Skyhawks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Laurence Manning Academy: 2, Hammond: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Laurence Manning Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They skirted past Hammond 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for Laurence Manning Academy as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
For Hammond's part, Grace Beacham spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on seven hits. Beacham has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Hammond saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Miller, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Laurence Manning Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Hammond, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-5-1.
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