Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask O'Neill). Everything went their way against the Ponca Indians on Saturday as the O'Neill Eagles made off with a 13-1 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Eagles with their most commanding win of the season.
Grace Drueke made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, O'Neill got a massive performance out of Dani Rowse, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs. The dominant performance also gave Rowse a new career-high in batting average. Another player making a difference was Loretta Scofield, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, O'Neill didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ponca only tossed three.
The win got O'Neill back to even at 9-9. As for Ponca, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-12.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Central City the next time they take the field. Ponca will head out to face Central City at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, while O'Neill will play them later in the day, at 9:00 a.m.
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