After two games on the road, Hamilton County is heading back home. They will take on the Santa Fe Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Hamilton County nor Santa Fe posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Hamilton County gave up the first runs last Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged St. John Paul II out 2-1.
Emily Peacock spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up 12 Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Anna Morgan, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Tuesday. Their tough 11-1 loss to Vanguard might stick with them for a while.
Santa Fe saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was J?lyn Guyden, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Hamilton County is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-12 record this season. As for Santa Fe, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-4.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Hamilton County hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Santa Fe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Hamilton County suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Santa Fe in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Santa Fe's Makenna Payne, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Now that Hamilton County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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