The Eagle Mountain Knights will square off against the Springtown Porcupines at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Eagle Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Eagle Mountain's offense. They came up short against Pearce on Tuesday, falling 15-0. The Knights' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Eagle Mountain saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Griggs, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Springtown came tearing into Monday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Porcupines, who have now won 13 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Not much got past Kylee Spray, who gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Decatur off the board. Spray has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in nine consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Kaylie Houghton was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. Riley Fagan was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Springtown's win bumped their record up to 17-7. As for Eagle Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-12-1.
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