The St. Albans Red Dragons will be playing at home against the PikeView Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Albans has four straight victories, PikeView has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, St. Albans gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Oak Hill as St. Albans made off with a 10-1 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for St. Albans considering their two-run performance the match before.
Ava Bentley was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. Bentley has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season. Bentley was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Sydney Young was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two stolen bases, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Kiersten Lacy, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, PikeView fell victim to Wahama and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 15-0 walloping at the hands of the White Falcons. That's two games in a row now that PikeView has lost by exactly 15 runs.
PikeView saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lauren Lambert, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
St. Albans' win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for PikeView, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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