Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cor Jesu Academy). Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Ursuline Academy Bears a 21-0 shutout on Thursday. Considering Cor Jesu Academy has won seven matchups by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Lillian Paur looked comfortable as she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Cor Jesu Academy got a massive performance out of Beau Belz, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with four RBI, two doubles, and two doubles. Aubrey Grimm was another key player, scoring three runs while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cor Jesu Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .656. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 44.3%.
Cor Jesu Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Ursuline Academy, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cor Jesu Academy is on the road again on Friday to play North County at 5:00 p.m. As for Ursuline Academy, they will head out to face off against Holt at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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