St. Mary's Ryken put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against the St. John's Cadets as the St. Mary's Ryken Knights made off with a 13-3 win. The result was nothing new for St. Mary's Ryken, who have now won six contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Mikaela Guy made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Guy was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ava Chadwick, who fired off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 2-for-4. She is on a roll when it comes to home runs, as she's now launched at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Natalie Nichols, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
On St. John's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Liz Macyko, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.
St. Mary's Ryken's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0. As for St. John's, their loss dropped their record down to 7-5.
St. Mary's Ryken will head out on the road to challenge Paul VI at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in St. Mary's Ryken's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three games. As for St. John's, they will head out on the road to square off against Bishop McNamara at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bishop McNamara is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
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