Santa Fe stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 9-1 margin over the Hamilton County Trojans. That's more bragging rights for Santa Fe, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Sarah Burns tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched.
At the plate, Santa Fe got a big performance out of Gracie Mattson, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4. Madolyn Jablonski was another key contributor, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
On Hamilton County's side, Annakayte Smith was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Smith has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Smith was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Smith wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Emily Peacock, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Santa Fe has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Hamilton County, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-13.
Santa Fe is on the road again on Tuesday to play P.K. Yonge at 7:00 p.m. P.K. Yonge will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last. As for Hamilton County, they will head out on the road to square off against Wakulla Christian School at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hamilton County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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