Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask O'Neill). They came out on top against the Ord Chanticleers by a score of 17-14 on Thursday. With that win, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
O'Neill got a massive performance out of Emerson Mlnarik, who went 4-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. What's more, Mlnarik also posted a .800 batting average, which is the highestshe's posted since back in August. Bristol Scott was another key player, scoring four runs while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, O'Neill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .474. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 25.3% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 40.7%.
O'Neill has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Ord, their defeat was their ninth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-20.
O'Neill does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Ord, they are on the road again on Friday to play Centura at 11:00 a.m. Centura knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Ord likes a good challenge.
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