In what's become a running theme this season, West Geauga gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Orange Lions as the West Geauga Wolverines made off with an 18-1 victory. That's more bragging rights for West Geauga, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Dayana Malone and Lely Percassi made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Malone tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Percassi tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Malone has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Malone scored two runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances, while Percassi went 3-for-3 with five RBI, two runs, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Hannah Williams was a standout: she scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Malory Lear, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
West Geauga has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Orange, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
West Geauga will be playing at home against Hawken at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Hawken has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 13.71 runs per game on average), something West Geauga will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Orange, they will head out on the road to take on Chagrin Falls at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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