The West Greene Pioneers will challenge the Mayfield Wildcats at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
West Greene's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Cameron 11-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pioneers.
Payton Gilbert made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in hits (zero). She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
In other batting news, Kendra Tharp was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. Emmaline Beazell was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.
West Greene was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .480. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cameron only posted a batting average of .000.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Mayfield, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Worthington Christian on Wednesday as Mayfield made off with a 15-6 win.
The victory got Mayfield back to even at 1-1. West Greene has also opened the season with a perfect 2-0 record.
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