Freedom waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Unity Reed Lions get on the board and left with a 22-0 win. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 23-0 back in March.
Annalisa Wenger
| 04/25/25 vs Unity Reed | 4 |
| 04/09/25 @ Independence | 2 |
| 04/24/25 @ John Champe | 1 |
| 04/03/25 vs Woodgrove | 1 |
Annalisa Wenger made a splash while hitting and pitching. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (four). She was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs.
In other batting news, Freedom got a massive performance out of McKenzie Powell, who fired off two home runs, seven RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-3. Those two home runs gave Powell a new career-high. Ashleigh Bronowicz was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four runs, and four RBI.
Freedom always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .944. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.
Freedom's record now sits at 6-7. As for Unity Reed, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Freedom will venture away from home to challenge Osbourn at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Osbourn has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.89 runs per game on average), something Freedom will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Unity Reed, they will head out to face off against Eastern View at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The Cyclones' pitching crew has only allowed 0.9 runs per game this season, so the Lions' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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