Eastern put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 13-7 margin over the Lewis Cass Kings. That's more bragging rights for Eastern, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kenzie Degraaff spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and six unearned) runs on five hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Emillia Andrews, who went 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Marly Coan, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
On Lewis Cass' side, Hannah Zamora was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Ally Berry, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with an RBI.
Eastern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Lewis Cass, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
Eastern will be playing in front of their home fans against Delphi Community at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Delphi Community's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Eastern's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Lewis Cass, they will head out on the road to challenge Maconaquah at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Maconaquah is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
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