The Purdue Polytechnic Techies will venture away from home to take on the Lawrence Central Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, Purdue Polytechnic got the win against Indianapolis Washington by a conclusive 26-9. The Techies haven't had any issues with the Continentals recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lawrence Central). Everything went their way against Bethesda Christian on Tuesday as they made off with a 26-1 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Bears with their most commanding win of the season.
Abbi Krowel made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit over five innings pitched. Krowel was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one RBI.
In other batting news, Lawrence Central got a massive performance out of Eliana Luter, who went 3-for-5 with one home run, five stolen bases, and four runs. Those four runs gave Luter a new career-high. Victoria Rodarte was another key player, going 4-for-5 with four runs, two stolen bases, and four RBI.
Lawrence Central kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 23 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in five consecutive games.
Purdue Polytechnic's record is now 3-4. As for Lawrence Central, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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