The Newark Wildcats will take on the Pickerington Central Tigers at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Newark is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Newark is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Canal Winchester on Wednesday as they made off with an 18-3 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Maygen Woody tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances.
Lilly Holmes
| 04/23/25 vs Canal Winchester | 4 |
| 04/14/25 @ Reynoldsburg | 2 |
| 04/07/25 @ Canal Winchester | 1 |
| 03/31/25 vs Groveport-Madison | 1 |
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On the hitting side, Newark got a massive performance out of Lilly Holmes, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those four RBI gave Holmes a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi Shanaberg, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI.
Newark kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 18 hits. They are 2-1 when they post 11 or more hits.
Meanwhile, Pickerington Central lost 16-5 to Lancaster on Wednesday. The Tigers have struggled against the Golden Gales recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost meeting.
Pickerington Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sophia Kounouzvelis, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with one run. Another was Camree Cunningham, who went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Newark's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-10. As for Pickerington Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Newark suffered a grim 16-4 defeat to Pickerington Central when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will the Wildcats have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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