The West Greene Pioneers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Frazier Commodores. West Greene is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.4 runs per game this season.
West Greene is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Leechburg 11-1. Considering West Greene has won nine matches by more than eight runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Payton Gilbert spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on one hit and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, West Greene let Kylee Davis and Emmaline Beazell loose on the outfield. Davis went 2-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI, while Beazell scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kendra Tharp, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Frazier got themselves on the board against Jeannette last Monday, but Jeannette never followed suit. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Jayhawks and snuck past 1-0. That's two games straight that Frazier has won by just one run.
West Greene is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Frazier, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
West Greene came up short against Frazier in their previous meeting back in April of 2021, falling 11-6. Can West Greene avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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