Lyons waltzed into their contest on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Everything went their way against the Arvada Bulldogs as they made off with a 13-3 victory. Considering the Lions have won 12 matches by more than seven runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Gretta Wynja was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two runs and a triple.
In other batting news, Lyons got a massive performance out of Leora Hagan, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 3-for-4. Those two home runs gave Hagan a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Ava Vasquez, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and a triple.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lyons was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Arvada only posted a batting average of .167.
Lyons is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Arvada, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-9.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions faces off against The Academy at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. They will need to watch out since Lyons has now posted at least ten runs in their last five matchups. Arvada does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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