The Mobile Christian Leopards will take on the Bryant Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mobile Christian will be strutting in after a win while Bryant will be coming in after a defeat.
Mobile Christian will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Cottage Hill Christian Academy on Tuesday. Mobile Christian put the hurt on Cottage Hill Christian Academy with a sharp 13-2 victory. The Leopards might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by six runs or more this season.
Anna Claire Robin was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 12 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). That's the fewest hits she has allowed since back in February. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits.
In other batting news, Miley Dunnam was a standout: she scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Those three runs gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Karsyn Grantham, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Mobile Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .545. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cottage Hill Christian Academy only posted an OBP of .211.
Meanwhile, Bryant was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Fairhope.
Bryant saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Breighlyn Hasting, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Baylee Rone also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen base of the season.
The win got Mobile Christian back to even at 8-8-1. As for Bryant, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Everything went Mobile Christian's way against Bryant in their previous meeting back in February, as Mobile Christian made off with an 11-0 victory. Does Mobile Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bryant turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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