The Good Hope Raiders will challenge the East Lawrence Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Good Hope has four straight victories, East Lawrence has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, Good Hope made easy work of West Point and carried off a 12-2 win. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 games by six runs or more this season.
Molly Benefield spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on one hit. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.
Haley Lay
| 04/08/25 vs West Point | 2 |
| 03/18/25 vs West Morgan | 1 |
| 03/14/25 @ Hanceville | 1 |
| 03/10/25 @ Cordova | 1 |
| 02/24/25 vs Hanceville | 1 |
At the plate, Good Hope let Haley Lay and Lizzy Steed run wild. Lay went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI and two doubles, while Steed scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Those two doubles gave Lay a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kylee Smith, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Good Hope was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Point only posted a batting average of .125.
East Lawrence might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-3 to New Hope, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Good Hope's victory bumped their record up to 16-7-1. As for East Lawrence, their loss dropped their record down to 7-19.
Good Hope took their win against East Lawrence when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 21-5 score. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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