The Plainfield East Bengals will venture away from home to square off against the Batavia Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Plainfield East is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Plainfield East will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Saturday, then bounced right back against Waubonsie Valley on Tuesday. Plainfield East never let Waubonsie Valley get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Bengals in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now won nine in a row.
Jocelyn Cushard made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two hits any time she's pitched this season. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
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In other batting news, Natalie Utrata and Avery Welsh did most of the damage at the plate: Utrata scored four runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4, while Welsh went 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those three hits gave Welsh a new career-high. Corinne Garmon also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen bases of the season.
Plainfield East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .516. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Batavia's offense. They lost 20-0 to Metea Valley on Monday. The Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Mustangs recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Batavia's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Plainfield East, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything went Plainfield East's way against Batavia in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, as Plainfield East made off with a 13-2 win. Will Plainfield East repeat their success, or does Batavia has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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