The Ritenour Huskies have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Liberty Blue Jays at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ritenour's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 17-0 margin over Affton. The result was nothing new for the Huskies, who have now won ten contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Madison Brown made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Ritenour got a massive performance out of Lillie Vargo, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Vargo a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Jaycee Durnin, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, two stolen bases, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ritenour always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .692. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Affton only posted an OBP of .182.
Meanwhile, Liberty entered their tilt with Park Hill on Monday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They had just enough and edged the Trojans out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Blue Jays have won by just one run.
Ritenour is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for Liberty, they pushed their record up to 21-12 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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