Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Laurel Christian). They never let the Coastal Mississippi Homeschool Wildcats onto the board and left with a 20-0 win on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won nine matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Gracie Blackwell made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). What's more, she also posted a .750 OBP, which is the highestshe's posted since back in August. She was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Lily Shoemake was incredible, going 3-for-4 with five RBI, two runs, and two runs. Bella Horn was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Laurel Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 25.9% earlier this season, but in their last ten matchups they've averaged 32.3%.
Laurel Christian is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
They will have a chance to go back-to-back against Coastal Mississippi Homeschool: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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