Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Helens). Everything went their way against the Centennial Eagles on Tuesday as they made off with a 31-1 win. Considering the Lions have won four matchups by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Eme Curaming made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, St. Helens got a massive performance out of Madelyn Hancock, who went 2-for-4 with six RBI, four runs, and two triples. Another player making a difference was Addy Ellis, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with seven RBI, four runs, and one double.
St. Helens hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least four batters in seven consecutive contests.
Lions
| 04/01/25 vs Centennial | 31-1 |
| 03/25/25 vs Thurston | 5-1 |
| 03/24/25 vs Churchill | 11-3 |
| 03/17/25 vs Gladstone | 4-1 |
| 05/22/24 vs Stayton | 7-0 |
| + 11 more games |
St. Helens' victory was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Centennial, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
St. Helens has already played their next game (against Stayton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Centennial, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Canby at 5:00 p.m. on the 22nd.
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