Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cambridge). Everything went their way against the Blessed Trinity Titans on Thursday as the Cambridge Bears made off with a 17-5 win. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won six contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Lily Kimball looked comfortable as she tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Cambridge got a massive performance out of Maddie Clements, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two doubles, and a run. That's the most hits Clements has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Pavlovich, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cambridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .657. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 36% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 49.8%.
Cambridge pushed their record up to 12-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Blessed Trinity, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-10.
Cambridge will challenge Westminster at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cambridge's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Westminster's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Blessed Trinity, they will play host again on Saturday to welcome Lovett, where first pitch is scheduled at 12:15 p.m.
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