The Wellington Crusaders will head out on the road to challenge the Haven Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
Two weeks ago, Wellington didn't have quite enough to beat Mulvane and fell 6-5. The loss continues a trend for the Crusaders in their meetings with the Wildcats: they've now lost seven in a row.
Meanwhile, Haven waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Swathers 17-1. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 17 matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Avery Brawner made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 12 consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with one home run and three runs.
In other batting news, Haven got a massive performance out of Morgan O'Neal, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with one home run, five runs, and two RBI. Those five runs gave O'Neal a new career-high. Karlee Cooprider was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with six RBI and one double.
Haven was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .312 or higher in five consecutive games.
Haven's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-4. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Wellington, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
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