The Luella Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Cedar Grove Saints at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Luella is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 13.2 runs per game this season.
Luella's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Douglass 23-0. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won three contests by 21 runs or more so far this season.
Zaena Harris made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Harris was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and a triple. That home run was her first of the season.
In other batting news, Luella got a massive performance out of Kennedy Reliford, who fired off two home runs, three stolen bases, and five RBI while going 3-for-4. Reliford has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayleen Montoya, who scored four runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Luella kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. That's the most hits they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Cedar Grove was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat. They came up short against Lithonia, falling 22-0.
Luella is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Cedar Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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