The Holy Innocents Episcopal Golden Bears will venture away from home to face off against the Pace Academy Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
On Thursday, Holy Innocents Episcopal made easy work of Therrell and carried off a 17-1 win.
Meanwhile, Pace Academy waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let Drew onto the board and left with a 22-0 victory. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by nine runs or more this season.
Katie Wrigley made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Megan Wrigley was incredible, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, four stolen bases, and four runs. Another player making a difference was Claire Jowers, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pace Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .968. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Holy Innocents Episcopal's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-9. As for Pace Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Everything went Holy Innocents Episcopal's way against Pace Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Holy Innocents Episcopal made off with a 16-2 victory. Will Holy Innocents Episcopal repeat their success, or does Pace Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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