
Bengals
05/08/25 @ Big Sky | 4-3 |
05/06/25 vs Butte | 4-0 |
05/03/25 vs Flathead | 10-0 |
05/03/25 vs Glacier | 4-0 |
04/29/25 @ Great Falls | 7-2 |
+ 6 more games |
Helena entered their tilt with Big Sky on Thursday with ten consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with 11. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Eagles. Four seems to be a good number for the Bengals as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Faith Howard spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 16 consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Helena secured the win behind a pair of hitters. One of them was Leea Turner, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. That's the most RBI Turner has posted since back in March. Heidi Ricketts was another, going 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Helena's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Big Sky, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-4.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Helena will challenge rival Capital at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Big Sky is set to take on their familiar foe Butte at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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