North Raleigh Christian Academy stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the St. Mary's Saints a 17-0 shutout. 17 seems to be a good number for North Raleigh Christian Academy as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ava Hodges made a big impact no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Hodges has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Hodges was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, North Raleigh Christian Academy let Presley Harrison and Bella Gibb loose on the outfield. Harrison scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Gibb scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Taylor Gardener was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
On St. Mary's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addie Bowen, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
North Raleigh Christian Academy's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2. As for St. Mary's, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
North Raleigh Christian Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Ravenscroft at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Ravenscroft is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season. St. Mary's does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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