St. Michael the Archangel never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past the Lexington Minutemen 12-0. The result was nothing new for the Guardians, who have now won four matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Sophie Young made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over six innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, St. Michael the Archangel got a big performance out of Samantha Dorsch, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Bella Schneider, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Michael the Archangel didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
The win got St. Michael the Archangel back to even at 6-6.
St. Michael the Archangel is on the road again on Saturday to play Clinton at 10:45 a.m. St. Michael the Archangel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season. As for Lexington, they will face off against Knob Noster at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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