Apollo won the last time they faced South Spencer, and things went their way on Tuesday too. Everything went the Apollo Eagles' way against the South Spencer Rebels as the Apollo Eagles made off with an 8-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Apollo.
Hannah Holder spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on two hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for her.
At the plate, Arianna Ramirez and Mallory Velotta did most of the damage at the plate: Ramirez went 4-for-4 with four RBI and two doubles, while Velotta went 3-for-3 with a home run and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Miles, who scored three runs and stole a base.
On South Spencer's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rachel Wittman, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Apollo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-11 record this season. As for South Spencer, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-15.
Apollo will stay at home for another game and welcome Madisonville-North Hopkins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Spencer will take on Heritage Hills at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. South Spencer has given up an average of 10.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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