The Welsh Greyhounds will head out on the road to take on the Lafayette Christian Academy Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Welsh is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy a 22-0 shutout on Thursday. With that win, the Greyhounds brought their scoring average up to 9.2 runs per game.
Kynnedy Nunn made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. That's the fewest hits she has allowed since back in March of 2024. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. That stolen base was her first of the season.
In other batting news, Alexis Hayes was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. That's the most runs she has posted since back in March of 2024. Maggie Johnson was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Welsh always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .833. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
While Lafayette Christian Academy didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Beau Chene with a sharp 12-6 victory on Monday. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by six runs or more this season.
The win made it two in a row for Welsh and bumps their season record up to 2-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Lafayette Christian Academy, their record is now 8-4.
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