It was a proper cat-fight when Santo took on De Leon on Tuesday. The Santo Wildcats lost 12-6 to the De Leon Bearcats. The defeat continues a trend for the Wildcats in their meetings with the Bearcats: they've now lost five in a row.
Maddie Griffith
| 03/18/25 @ De Leon | 5 |
| 03/10/25 vs Lipan | 3 |
| 03/01/25 @ Springtown | 3 |
| 02/22/25 @ Glen Rose | 3 |
| 02/11/25 vs Millsap | 3 |
Maddie Griffith put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five). She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.
In other batting news, Macey Jenkins made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. That's the most runs she has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Myranda Cain, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 3-for-4.
Santo's loss dropped their record down to 5-7. As for De Leon, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Santo will take on Strawn at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Santo has given up an average of 9.1 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for De Leon, they will square off against Lipan at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in De Leon's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last four contests.
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