Grace Hautzinger turned in nothing short of a gem on Thursday: she struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her third in a row with more than seven strikeouts. This season, Hautzinger has an ERA of 1.06 over 17 innings pitched.
Hautzinger's strong effort led St. Charles East over Huntley and she'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hautzinger has dominated as far as innings are concerned (she's averaged 5.7 per game this season), but she's got her work cut out for her considering Huntley has only allowed five per game this season.
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