Lakewood Ranch can bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. Everything went their way against the Cardinal Mooney Cougars as the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs made off with a 12-2 victory.
Lexi Meneely made a big impact no matter where she played. She tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five). She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Kendal McCoy
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In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kendal McCoy, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Ainsley McCoy, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one triple.
Lakewood Ranch was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cardinal Mooney only posted a batting average of .227.
Lakewood Ranch's record now sits at 4-7. As for Cardinal Mooney, with the defeat, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-3.
Lakewood Ranch will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Manatee at 7:00 p.m. on March 25th. Lakewood Ranch is facing Manatee at the right time seeing as Manatee is stuck on a four-game losing streak. Cardinal Mooney also won't see the field for a while: their next match is against Indian Rocks Christian at 6:00 p.m. on March 25th.
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