
Lancers
02/18/25 @ Atlantic | 21 |
03/12/25 vs Forest Hill | 16 |
03/18/25 vs Berean Christian | 15 |
03/06/25 vs Atlantic | 15 |
Leonard made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Berean Christian, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Leonard Lancers put the hurt on the Berean Christian Bulldogs with a sharp 18-3 win on Tuesday. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 15 runs or more this season.
Yanina Varela made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in earned runs (zero). She was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. She has been hot recently, having also posted three or more RBI the last three times she's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Arianna Sheerer, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. Dayanara Gonzalez was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Leonard was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.
Leonard's record is now 4-5. As for Berean Christian, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
Coming up, Leonard will head out to square off against Royal Palm Beach at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Leonard knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Royal Palm Beach likes a good challenge. As for Berean Christian, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Highlands Christian at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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