Pace Academy never let their opponents score on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Creekside Seminoles as the Pace Academy Knights made off with a 12-0 victory. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by nine runs or more this season.
Katie Wrigley and Megan Wrigley were a major factor no matter where they played. On the mound, Wrigley didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Megan struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Katie has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Wrigley got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Megan scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Kate Grice was incredible, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Amelit Hall, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and a triple.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pace Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 18 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
The win was the fifth in a row for Pace Academy, bringing their record for this year to 12-4. As for Creekside, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-6.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pace Academy will take on Mays at 5:55 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Pace Academy's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last five contests. As for Creekside, they will challenge Forest Park at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Forest Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.8 runs per game this season.
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