The St. Clair Saints will square off against the L'Anse Creuse North Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. St. Clair is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
St. Clair is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Almont on Thursday. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 2-1.
Maliyah Smith was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, L'Anse Creuse North hadn't done well against Utica recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Crusaders came out on top against the Chieftains by a score of 8-3.
Sara Leverenz looked comfortable as she pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ava Alexander, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. Another player making a difference was Grace Baalaer, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI and one run.
L'Anse Creuse North was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .312 or higher in seven consecutive games.
L'Anse Creuse North's win bumped their record up to 11-12. As for St. Clair, their loss dropped their record down to 17-4-2.
St. Clair took their victory against L'Anse Creuse North when the teams last played on Wednesday by a conclusive 17-1 score. Will the Saints repeat their success, or do the Crusaders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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