After three games on the road, Paxon School For Advanced Studies is heading back home. They will take on the Hilliard Red Flashes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Paxon School For Advanced Studies is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.1 runs per game this season.
Paxon School For Advanced Studies' pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on First Coast with a sharp 10-0 win.
Not much got past Haley Hinds, who gave up just five hits and racked up eight Ks to keep First Coast off the board. Hinds has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Paxon School For Advanced Studies got a big performance out of Addison Brown, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kennedy Waymer, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hilliard didn't have quite enough to beat Yulee on Friday and fell 4-2. Hilliard has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Brooke Sparkman spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on five hits.
On the hitting side, Peighton Self made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with a home run.
Paxon School For Advanced Studies' victory bumped their record up to 12-7. As for Hilliard, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-8.
Hilliard's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Monday. Paxon School For Advanced Studies has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.8 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Hilliard, though, as they've been averaging only 3.7. Will Paxon School For Advanced Studies keep running through batters, or will Hilliard buck the trend?
Paxon School For Advanced Studies suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Hilliard in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Paxon School For Advanced Studies, Veronica Flynn (who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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