Greenwood Christian Academy fell victim to Greenwood and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 12-0 to the Greenwood Woodmen. The loss continues a trend for Greenwood Christian Academy in their matchups with Greenwood: they've now lost four in a row.
For Greenwood's part, Courtney Hankenhoff made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Hankenhoff was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Gracelyn Bowles and Emma Chism did most of the damage at the plate: Bowles scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Chism scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Haylie Hendricks, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2.
Greenwood Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Greenwood, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season.
Greenwood Christian Academy will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Monrovia at 10:00 a.m. Monrovia has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.31 runs per game on average), something Greenwood Christian Academy will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Greenwood, they will head out on the road to face off against Center Grove at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Greenwood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
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