Gray Collegiate Academy is preparing for their first region matchup of the season on Wednesday. They will be playing in front of their home fans against the Midland Valley Mustangs at 7:15 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (Gray Collegiate Academy has 28 wins dating back to last season, while Midland Valley has three).
If Gray Collegiate Academy beats Midland Valley with ten runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Gray Collegiate Academy beat Dutch Fork on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-1. Fans of the War Eagles have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
The team relied heavily on Aspen Boulware, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, two triples, and three RBI. That's the most triples she has posted since back in March of 2024. Kaley Anderson was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and four RBI.
Meanwhile, Midland Valley owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Saturday. They came out on top against Carolina Forest by a score of 5-0. That's two games straight that the Mustangs have won by exactly five runs.
Larue Hicks made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Hicks was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Hicks wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Macey Nelson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Gray Collegiate Academy pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Midland Valley, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Gray Collegiate Academy beat Midland Valley 7-3 in their previous meeting back in February of 2020. Will Gray Collegiate Academy repeat their success, or does Midland Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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