Sherrard hasn't had much luck against Rock Island recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Tigers will host the Rocks at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sherrard barely beat Mendota the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Tigers put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 11-1 win on Thursday. 11 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rock Island). Their pitcher stepped up to hand Galesburg a 17-0 shutout on Thursday. With that win, the Rocks brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Lilly McDaniel made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in April. She was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with one RBI.
In other batting news, A'Rion Lonergan was incredible, going 2-for-4 with four RBI and one run. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was TJ Sepulveda, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base.
Rock Island always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .634. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
The victory (which was Rock Island's third in a row) raised their record to 21-9. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sherrard, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-8.
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