For the second straight game, ALA - Gilbert North will face off against Eastmark. The Eagles will be playing at home against the Firebirds at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. ALA - Gilbert North has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with 27 straight losses, while Eastmark will come in with five straight victories.
ALA - Gilbert North came up short against Eastmark on Tuesday, falling 19-3.
For Eastmark's part, Jillian Wade made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. Wade has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-4. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (three).
In other batting news, Eastmark let Bella Gomez and Ella Larned run wild. Gomez scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Larned went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. That's the most RBI Larned has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Raso, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Eastmark was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .483. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in eight consecutive matches.
Eastmark pushed their record up to 13-6 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.1 runs over those games. As for ALA - Gilbert North, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.
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