Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Slaughter Community Charter). They put the hurt on the Livonia Wildcats with a sharp 23-14 victory on Monday. With that win, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 8.4 runs per game.
Caroline Smith made a big impact 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-low in walks (zero). She was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in four of her six plate appearances. She also hit a double, marking her first of the season.
Conlee Flotte
| 03/03/25 @ Livonia | 5 |
| 02/21/25 vs Sumner | 4 |
| 02/29/24 vs Livonia | 3 |
| 02/15/24 vs Sumner | 3 |
| 02/20/25 @ St. Michael | 2 |
In other batting news, Slaughter Community Charter let Hannah Brister and Conlee Flotte run wild. Brister went 5-for-6 with one home run, seven RBI, and four runs, while Flotte went 5-for-6 with one home run, three stolen bases, and four runs. The dominant performance also gave Flotte a new career-high in RBI (five). Another player making a difference was Phoebe White, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of her six plate appearances.
Slaughter Community Charter always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .585. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Slaughter Community Charter and bumps their season record up to 3-2. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 9.5 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.33 in the others. As for Livonia, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-4.
Coming up, Slaughter Community Charter will challenge Ascension Catholic at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ascension Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season. Livonia has already played their next matchup (against Beau Chene), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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