After both having extra time off, the St. Mary's Academy Belles and the La Salle Lancers will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: St. Mary's Academy has struggled recently with 17 losses in a row, while La Salle will arrive with five straight wins.
St. Mary's Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on April 11th, they were much more limited against Sacred Heart of Jesus two weeks ago. They lost 21-1 to the Comets.
Meanwhile, La Salle got themselves on the board against St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy two weeks ago, but St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy never followed suit. They were the clear victors by a 13-0 margin over the Warriors. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by seven runs or more this season.
Havana Pagan made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Those nine strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in two of her five plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
In other batting news, La Salle got a big performance out of Aria Davis, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Another player making a difference was Layla Loya, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with three runs and one RBI.
La Salle was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .382 or higher in four consecutive contests.
St. Mary's Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-15. As for La Salle, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4.
St. Mary's Academy might still be hurting after the 26-0 loss they got from La Salle in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Belles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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