The Graford Rabbits will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Petrolia Pirates at 5:00 p.m. Graford will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Graford stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Chico a 10-0 shutout.
Trinity Leach made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Leach has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Leach was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Krimsyn Apilando, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Margaret Byrd, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Petrolia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 14-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Windthorst. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Graford pushed their record up to 10-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs per game. As for Petrolia, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Graford might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Petrolia in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Graford avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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