Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oakwood). Everything went their way against the New Summerfield Hornets on Tuesday as the Oakwood Panthers made off with a 20-3 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Kaler Richardson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off only one hit. Richardson was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3.
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In other batting news, Oakwood got a massive performance out of Madison Churchill, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. With that strong performance, Churchill is now averaging an impressive 1.3 stolen bases per game. Another player making a difference was Jaslen Milligan, who scored four runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-3.
Oakwood was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .636. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Oakwood pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs over those games. As for New Summerfield, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-3.
Coming up, Oakwood will challenge Grapeland at 6:00 p.m. on March 4th. As for New Summerfield, they will take on Crockett at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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