While Olive put up plenty of runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Life Christian. The Olive Wildcats blew past the Life Christian Eagles 13-0. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won three contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Dustyn Bruce made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Bruce was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-1. He has become a key player for Olive: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 0-5 otherwise.
In other batting news, Olive let Gavin Nickell and Bryer Maxville run wild. Nickell went a perfect 3-for-3 with two triples, two runs, and one stolen base, while Maxville scored two runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Nickell is becoming a predictor of Olive's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 0-5 when he doesn't). Ty Cleveland also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Wildcats
| 03/13/25 vs Life Christian | 58.3% |
| 03/10/25 vs Prue | 52.9% |
| 03/06/25 @ New Lima | 33.3% |
| 03/03/25 @ Yale | 48% |
| 03/01/25 vs Oilton | 13.3% |
| + 3 more games |
Olive was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .583. The last time their batting average was this high was back in March of 2024.
Olive is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 3-5 record this season.
Olive will host Carney at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Life Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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