Beaver entered their tilt with St. Clairsville with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the St. Clairsville Red Devils 14-3. Considering Beaver has won seven contests by more than nine runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Addison Eells was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off nine hits (and only one walk). Eells has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Eells was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Beaver got a massive performance out of Ciara Call, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Tori Druschel was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Beaver's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-6-1. As for St. Clairsville, they are on a 19-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-20.
Beaver will head out on the road to square off against Struthers at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Beaver knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past seven games -- so hopefully Struthers likes a good challenge. As for St. Clairsville, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Toronto at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Toronto is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
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