The matchup between Luella and North Clayton on Thursday hardly resembled the 0-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Luella Lions never let the North Clayton Eagles onto the board and left with a 21-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Lions considering their one-run performance the match before.
Zaena Harris was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Harris was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a triple, a run, and a double. That triple was her first of the season.
In other batting news, Luella got a massive performance out of Averee Smith, who scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kennedy Reliford, who scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Luella didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've posted since back in September of 2023.
The win got Luella back to even at 3-3. As for North Clayton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Luella will take on Douglass at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Luella is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.2 runs per game this season. As for North Clayton, they will challenge Stone Mountain at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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