Yutan-Mead's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to Guardian Angels Central Catholic on Saturday. The Yutan-Mead Patriots blew past the Syracuse Rockets 12-3. Considering the Patriots have won nine matches by more than seven runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Jenna Trent was excellent, going 2-for-2 with four RBI. Another player making a difference was Leah Thompson, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Yutan-Mead always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .560. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 43.5%.
Yutan-Mead has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Syracuse, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-18.
Yutan-Mead will venture away from home to take on Fort Calhoun at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Fort Calhoun is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season. As for Syracuse, they will welcome Raymond Central at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Raymond Central will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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