Tug Valley stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Van Bulldogs with a sharp 22-2 win. That's more bragging rights for Tug Valley, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Amelya Wellman was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Wellman was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Tug Valley got a massive performance out of Tailyn Russel, who went 4-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Russel has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Jessica Spaulding was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base.
Tug Valley has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for Van, their loss was their 19th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-21.
Tug Valley will be playing at home against Man at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Tug Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.1 runs per game this season. Van does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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