The Andrew Thunderbolts will venture away from home to square off against the Conant Cougars at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Andrew 4, Conant 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Friday, Andrew needed a bit of extra time to put away Plainfield East. They had just enough and edged out the Bengals 4-3. The Thunderbolts haven't had any issues with the Bengals recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Conant took on Wheeling on Tuesday. The Cougars had just enough and edged out the Wildcats 4-3.
Payton Ackman was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.2 strikeouts per game. She was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Those three hits gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Kiana Leopoldo was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI. That double marked the first that she has hit this season.
Conant was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .303 or higher in three consecutive games.
Andrew now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Conant, their record is now 3-1.
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