Christian Home Educators Fellowship stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past the Word of God Academy Force 20-2. The victory was nothing new for Christian Home Educators Fellowship as they're now sitting on four straight.
Hannah Essick made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Essick has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Essick was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring five runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Rose Barraco was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, seven RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Julia Essick, who went 2-for-5 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
On Word of God Academy's side, they saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Leah Daughtery, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Journie Palmer, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.
Christian Home Educators Fellowship pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 15.8 runs. As for Word of God Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-3.
Christian Home Educators Fellowship will look to defend their home field on Monday against Acadiana Christian at 6:00 p.m. Acadiana Christian has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 13.5 runs per game on average), something Christian Home Educators Fellowship will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Word of God Academy, they will head out on the road to take on Acadiana Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Word of God Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.4 runs per game this season.
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