The Fredericktown Black Cats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the St. Pius X Lancers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Fredericktown's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so St. Pius X's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Tuesday, everything went Fredericktown's way against Sikeston as Fredericktown made off with a 15-2 victory. Considering the Black Cats have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Becca Mangold was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Mangold was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Ella Penwell was a standout: she went 2-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Jonsyn Rehkop, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fredericktown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 38.7%.
Meanwhile, while it was St. Pius X who put the first points on the board on Tuesday, it was Lutheran South who put up more. St. Pius X lost 14-4 to Lutheran South. St. Pius X has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Fredericktown is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for St. Pius X, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Fredericktown came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Pius X when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 5-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fredericktown since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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