The Shrine Catholic Knights will face off against the Plymouth Christian Academy Eagles at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Friday, Shrine Catholic made easy work of Whitmore Lake and carried off an 11-5 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
11 must be Plymouth Christian Academy's lucky number: they beat Inter-City Baptist with that score not once but twice on Saturday. The Eagles' pitchers stepped up to hand the Chargers an 11-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their tenth in a row.
Clara Groen was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in ten consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base.
In other batting news, Chloe Paryaski was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Mariah Wright, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs.
Plymouth Christian Academy pushed their record up to 27-9 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Shrine Catholic, their record now sits at 13-7.
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