Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask John Milledge Academy). Everything went their way against the Mount de Sales Academy Cavaliers on Thursday as the John Milledge Academy Trojans made off with a 19-4 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Addie Latimer made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in August. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI.
In other batting news, John Milledge Academy got a massive performance out of Kylie Steinmeyer, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. The dominant performance also gave Steinmeyer a new career-high in hits. Emma Hudgins was another key player, scoring three runs while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, John Milledge Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .447. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 22.7% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 32.5%.
John Milledge Academy's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-14. As for Mount de Sales Academy, they are on a 29-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-16.
As of now, neither John Milledge Academy nor Mount de Sales Academy have any future games scheduled.
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