It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Thornton ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They skirted past the Aurora Central Trojans 11-9. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Thornton.
Mya Grady was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over eight innings while giving up four earned (and five unearned) runs off 12 hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Thornton got a massive performance out of Raea Fisher, who fired off two home runs, five RBI, and five RBI while going 5-for-5. The dominant performance gave Fisher a new career-high in home runs. Another player making a difference was Elenna Gray, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 5-for-5.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Thornton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 23.5% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 37.1%.
Thornton has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-10 record this season. As for Aurora Central, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-11 record this season.
Thornton will head out to square off against Conifer at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Conifer knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Thornton likes a good challenge. As for Aurora Central, they will take on Adams City on Tuesday.
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