Cor Jesu Academy will challenge the Hillsboro Hawks at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cor Jesu Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Ursuline Academy a 21-0 shutout on Thursday. Cor Jesu Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by eight runs or more this season.
Lillian Paur looked comfortable as she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Beau Belz was a standout: she got on base in all four of her plate appearances with four RBI, two doubles, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Aubrey Grimm, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cor Jesu Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .656. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 45.2%.
Meanwhile, Hillsboro made easy work of Jefferson on Monday and carried off a 10-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
Ashley Hilton made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Lorelei Johnson was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Sophie Errante, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Cor Jesu Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Hillsboro, their record is now 11-8.
Everything went Cor Jesu Academy's way against Hillsboro in their previous matchup back in September, as Cor Jesu Academy made off with a 10-2 win. Does Cor Jesu Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hillsboro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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