The Erie Tigers will challenge the Bennett Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Erie has four straight wins, Bennett has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Erie's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Legacy as Erie made off with an 18-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won five contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Teleena Willert looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Lizzie Owens was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Lyric DeLozier, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Erie always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .618. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 34.8% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 51.8%.
Meanwhile, Bennett lost 21-1 to Arvada on Thursday.
Bennett saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colby Robichaud, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
The win got Erie back to even at 6-6. As for Bennett, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Bennett's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Erie hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of 0. It's a different story for Bennett, though, as they've only averaged 0. Will they be able to contain Erie's hitters? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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