After having lost a blowout in their previous game against St. Paul, Hershey was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Lexington Minutemen as the Hershey Panthers made off with an 11-1 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what the Panthers needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Ellie Hampton made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 4.2 innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Erika Rahn was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in hits. Jaycie Reitz was another key player, going 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hershey was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .591. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 24.8% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 38.4%.
Hershey's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-11. As for Lexington, their loss was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-16.
Hershey will host Holyoke at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Holyoke has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 12.5 runs per game on average), something Hershey will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Lexington, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Cozad at 7:00 p.m. Lexington has given up an average of 11.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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