With a playoff game on the line, Heritage rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They blew past the Garrett Railroaders 9-1. Considering Heritage has won seven games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Danica Fuller made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Fuller has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Fuller was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Grace Guenthner and Abriyah James did most of the damage at the plate: Guenthner went 2-for-4 with a home run, while James went 2-for-5 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double.
On Garrett's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adelynn Work, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Heritage now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Garrett, their loss dropped their record down to 11-18.
Heritage will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Leo at 7:30 p.m. Leo is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season. Garrett does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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