New Site is 0-10 against East Union since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The New Site Royals will head out on the road to face off against the East Union Urchins at 6:30 p.m. New Site is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
New Site put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Monday. They never let Shannon onto the board and left with a 13-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for New Site.
Avery Stevens made a splash no matter where she played. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over 4.2 innings pitched. Stevens was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances. Stevens is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: she's stolen at least one every time she's taken the field this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ava Elliot, who went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Claudi Ann Brown, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, East Union had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it three back in February. They won by a run and slipped past the Patriots 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for East Union as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
New Site is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for East Union, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
New Site suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to East Union in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can New Site avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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