Eastern Hancock waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on the Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles with a sharp 14-2 win. 14 seems to be a good number for the Royals as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Macy Martin was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five). She was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one RBI.
In other pitching news, McKenna Stewart looked comfortable as she struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than two walks any time she's pitched this season.
Back at the plate, Eastern Hancock let Hannah Wittgren and Addisyn Trackwell run wild. Wittgren went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, five RBI, and three runs, while Trackwell went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Trackwell is on a roll when it comes to hits, as she's now got three or more in each of the last five games she's played. Another player making a difference was Makenna Mason, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.
Eastern Hancock was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .625. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .314 or higher in five consecutive games.
Royals
| 05/06/25 @ Cambridge City Lincoln | 14-2 |
| 04/30/25 @ Northeastern | 6-5 |
| 04/24/25 @ Randolph Southern | 15-0 |
| 04/17/25 @ Wapahani | 18-0 |
| 04/10/25 @ Cowan | 4-1 |
| + 11 more games |
Eastern Hancock pushed their record up to 9-6 with the win, which was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Cambridge City Lincoln, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-7 record this season.
Eastern Hancock wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next match, a 6-2 loss against Frankton on the 7th. As for Cambridge City Lincoln, they will host Union County at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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