Dayton has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Garfield-Palouse Vikings at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Dayton is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 16.2 runs per game this season.
Even though Colton scored an imposing 16 runs two weeks ago, Dayton still came out on top. Dayton had just enough and edged Colton out 17-16. The victory was just what Dayton needed coming off of a 14-6 defeat in their prior match.
Peyton Benavides made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Benavides was even better at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI.
In other batting news, Marissa Tupling was a standout: she scored two runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Kamryn Tupling, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Garfield-Palouse pushed their score all the way to ten on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Pullman by a score of 11-10.
Garfield-Palouse saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emma Orfe, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Morgan Lentz was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Dayton's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Garfield-Palouse, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Dayton took their victory against Garfield-Palouse in their previous matchup back in April of 2015 by a conclusive 15-4. Does Dayton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Garfield-Palouse turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
