In what's become a running theme this season, South Side gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Dover Pirates as the South Side Hornet made off with an 11-3 win. That's two games straight that South Side has won by exactly eight runs.
Ana Goodwin made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Goodwin has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Goodwin was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Haddi Hulse and Hallie Holland did most of the damage at the plate: Hulse scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Holland scored a run while going 2-for-4. Laciegh Duncan was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
On Dover's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addisyn Anderson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
The victory made it two in a row for South Side and bumps their season record up to 17-7-1. As for Dover, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 12 of their last 15 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-17 record this season.
South Side will head out on the road to face off against Izard County at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Izard County: 3.4, South Side: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. Dover does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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