
Wolves
04/17/25 vs Amite County | 24 |
04/02/25 @ Pelahatchie | 22 |
04/18/25 vs Amite County | 21 |
03/18/25 @ St. Andrew's Episcopal | 18 |
04/17/25 vs Amite County | 15 |
Puckett extended their postseason success on Friday against Lake. They beat the Hornets by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-4. Considering the Wolves have won 15 games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Lila Murphy was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Murphy was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with two RBI.
In other batting news, Brooke Shivers was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. She has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Meredith Shivers, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
Puckett was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .440. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .346 or higher in ten consecutive contests.
Puckett has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-7-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.4 runs over those games. As for Lake, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-14.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Puckett beat the Hornets by a score of 10-4 on Saturday.
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