There's no place like home for Freeburg, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Alton Redbirds on Monday as they made off with a 17-2 victory.
Emylee Martin
| 05/19/25 vs Alton | 5 |
| 04/24/25 vs Salem | 1 |
| 03/31/25 @ Waterloo | 1 |
| 03/28/25 @ Carbondale | 1 |
| 03/16/24 vs O'Fallon | 1 |
Emylee Martin made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five). She was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with two RBI.
In other batting news, Freeburg got a massive performance out of Waeltz Aubrey, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one double. Another player making a difference was Olivia Joseph, who went 2-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Freeburg was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .524. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Alton only posted a batting average of .200.
Freeburg has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-11 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.9 runs on average over those games. As for Alton, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-19.
Looking ahead, Freeburg will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Herrin at 4:30 p.m. The Midgets' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Tigers have averaged an impressive 6.2 runs per game this season. As for Alton, they will welcome East St. Louis at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Redbirds are facing the Flyers at the right time seeing as the Flyers are stuck on a 16-game losing streak.
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