The Sacred Heart Indians will venture away from home to take on the Van Vleck Leopards at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Sacred Heart is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against St. Joseph on Thursday. They came up short against the Flyers, falling 8-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Indians in their meetings with the Flyers: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Van Vleck never let their opponents score last Monday. Everything went their way against Stafford as Van Vleck made off with a 15-0 victory. Considering the Leopards have won five games by more than seven runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Aamry Gutierrez was a standout: she went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high. Nicole Ryman was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one home run, two stolen bases, and two runs.
Van Vleck always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .567. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Stafford only posted an OBP of .154.
Sacred Heart's loss dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Van Vleck, their win bumped their record up to 7-2-2.
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