Erie waltzed into their match on Saturday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They never let the Brush Beetdiggers onto the board and left with a 9-0 win. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by nine runs or more this season.
Teleena Willert tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Haylie Rosetti was a standout: she scored a run while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits. The team also got some help courtesy of Erin Young, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Erie was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 52.5%.
Erie's victory bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Brush, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Erie will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Greeley West at 3:00 p.m. Greeley West will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Erie surely won't give up without a fight. As for Brush, they will take on University at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Brush is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
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