04/15/25 vs Salisbury | 17 |
04/04/25 vs Lexington | 17 |
03/28/25 vs Thomasville | 17 |
04/04/25 vs Lexington | 16 |
03/28/25 vs Thomasville | 16 |
East Davidson extended their winning streak to six on Thursday, bumping their season record up to 12-6 in the process. They put the hurt on the South Davidson Wildcats with a sharp 16-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Golden Eagles, who have now won eight contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
ALYSSA STALEY spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits.
On the hitting side, East Davidson let Kenzi Cribb and Natalie Holt run wild. Cribb went 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and one triple, while Holt went 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Cribb has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last four times she's played. Leah Smith was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.
East Davidson always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .543. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Davidson only posted an OBP of .385.
As for South Davidson, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-5. They were red-hot at the plate heading into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the four games prior), but East Davidson's pitchers proved too tough.
On South Davidson's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Genesis Argote, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Coming up, East Davidson will host West Davidson at 6:00 p.m. on the 25th. The Golden Eagles' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Dragons have averaged an impressive 8.9 runs per game this season. As for South Davidson, they will head out on the road to square off against R.J. Reynolds at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Demons have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 18.37 runs per game on average), something the Wildcats will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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