Garaway is 9-1 against Tuscarawas Valley since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Garaway Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans at 5:00 p.m. Garaway will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Garaway is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Hiland with a sharp 26-0 win on Wednesday. With that victory, Garaway brought their scoring average up to 6.8 runs per game.
Isabelle Tetreault and Harmony Clymer made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Tetreault pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Clymer pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Tetreault has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Tetreault scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5, while Clymer scored a run while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Garaway got a massive performance out of Krista Miller, who went 5-for-6 with four runs, five RBI, and two doubles. Miller is on a roll when it comes to doubles, as she's now hit two or more in the last three games she's played. Grace Yoder was another key contributor, scoring five runs while going 5-for-5.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 16 runs the game before, Tuscarawas Valley was a bit more limited in their game on Wednesday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ridgewood.
Like Garaway, Tuscarawas Valley also got a great game from a two-way player: Maysa Brown. She struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. Brown was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Brown wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Elliott Wallick, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
The win got Garaway back to even at 6-6. As for Tuscarawas Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Tuscarawas Valley's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Garaway hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .328. It's a different story for Tuscarawas Valley, though, as they've only averaged .252. Will they be able to contain Garaway's hitters?
Garaway came out on top in a nail-biter against Tuscarawas Valley in their previous matchup on April 9th, sneaking past 2-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Tuscarawas Valley's Brennen Reichman, who struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Garaway still be able to contain Reichman? There's only one way to find out.
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