Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Christian Collegiate Academy). They blew past the Coastal Mississippi Homeschool Wildcats 18-7 on Monday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Bulldogs needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Brymer Reagan and Hayley Davis were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Reagan struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Meanwhile, Davis pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. At the plate, Reagan scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Davis scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Christian Collegiate Academy got a massive performance out of Katie Ann Henderson, who scored three runs and stole five bases while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Henderson a new career-high in hits. Aaliyah Jacobs was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Christian Collegiate Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 3.2 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.4.
Christian Collegiate Academy's win bumped their record up to 3-9. As for Coastal Mississippi Homeschool, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
As of now, neither Christian Collegiate Academy nor Coastal Mississippi Homeschool have any future games scheduled.
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