Big Sky is 2-8 against Sentinel since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Big Sky Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Sentinel Spartans at 5:00 p.m. Big Sky's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Sentinel's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Big Sky can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Saturday. They blew past Hellgate 22-1. While fans of Big Sky might be used to big wins, the 21-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Delaney Laird made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Laird was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run, seven RBI, and four runs.
In other batting news, Aubrey Bykari was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Logan Baack, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Sentinel faced Glacier in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Sentinel lost 19-3 to Glacier. Sentinel has struggled against Glacier recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Haley Sellers was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
The win made it two in a row for Big Sky and bumps their season record up to 14-1-1. As for Sentinel, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Sentinel's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Big Sky has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 10.8 hits per game. It's a different story for Sentinel, though, as they've been averaging 9.8. Given Big Sky's sizable advantage in that area, Sentinel will need to find a way to close that gap.
Big Sky skirted past Sentinel 7-5 in their previous meeting last Thursday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Sentinel's Piper Whitman, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Big Sky still be able to contain Whitman? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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